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		</div><p>Thousands of demonstrators in Morocco have condemned prison sentences given to the leader of the Hirak Rif anti-poverty movement and dozens of other activists.</p>
<p>The demonstration brought one of the main avenues of the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to a standstill on Sunday.</p>
<p>Security forces kept watch as participants sang, <em>“The people want the detainees released”</em> and <em>“Long live Rif.”</em></p>
<p>Hirak leader Nasser Zefzafi was sentenced to the maximum prison term of 20 years for threatening state security.</p>
<p>An appeals court upheld his sentence and those of other activists this month.</p>
<p>Rif is the struggling region in northern Morocco where the Hirak movement was born in 2016.</p>
<p>The movement demands development and job creation for the region.</p>
<p>Relatives, human rights organisations and left-wing parties are demanding the imprisoned activists’ immediate release.</p>
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