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Morocco: Rallying call to help Jerada’s miners of death
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20.01.2018
A general strike struck the former Moroccan mining city of Jerada on Friday as demonstrators demanded justice and better living conditions after the death of two coal miners last month.
Demonstrators marched through the city waving Moroccan flags and calling on authorities to “uproot poverty from our people."
Demonstrations have been taking place in Jerada since December 22 when two brothers aged 23 and 30 died after an abandoned coalmine collapsed and flooded. Outrage grew following the rescue operation which reportedly took 36 hours.
Protesters have been denouncing the economic policy of the government that encourages people to dig abandoned mines in dangerous conditions.
The Jerada mine used to employ over 9,000 people before it closed in 1990.
Despite the mine being shuttered, impoverished young people continue to brave the pits –dubbed the mines of death - to extract coal by hand to sell to local traders.
Demonstrators marched through the city waving Moroccan flags and calling on authorities to “uproot poverty from our people."
Demonstrations have been taking place in Jerada since December 22 when two brothers aged 23 and 30 died after an abandoned coalmine collapsed and flooded. Outrage grew following the rescue operation which reportedly took 36 hours.
Protesters have been denouncing the economic policy of the government that encourages people to dig abandoned mines in dangerous conditions.
The Jerada mine used to employ over 9,000 people before it closed in 1990.
Despite the mine being shuttered, impoverished young people continue to brave the pits –dubbed the mines of death - to extract coal by hand to sell to local traders.
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