Overview

• Rights monitors reported scores of detentions over two days, including more than 100 arrests in Rabat and dozens in other cities, with allegations of physical assaults and some releases overnight.
• Protests spread to at least 11 cities as police in plainclothes and riot gear blocked gatherings and made arrests, according to on-scene reporting.
• The demonstrations were initiated by the anonymous collective GenZ 212 and coordinated on social platforms, with youth groups urging peaceful participation.
• Outrage intensified after reports that eight women died while giving birth at a public hospital in Agadir, sharpening demands for better health services.
• Officials deny prioritizing World Cup projects over public services, as the health minister fired Agadir’s hospital director and regional health officials and WHO data show Morocco’s medical staffing far below recommended levels.