Rabie Ablak
Rabie Ablak, or Rabie Al-Ablak (born 1987), is a Moroccan journalist. He is a part of the Hirak Rif Movement. He has been on hunger strike to protest his detention and inhumane treatment. Some of his hunger strikes lasted more than 40 days; he was taken to hospital several times for treatment. The total of his hunger strikes are more than 284 days.
Career
He was a writer for the electronic newspaper Badil,[1] founded by Hamid El Mahdaoui,[2] in the town of Al Hoceima, where he had a part in the Popular Rif movement along with Nasser Zafzafi.
Rabie was arrested on 28 May 2017, in the town of Al Hoceïma.[3] According to Amnesty International, he was tortured.[4] He was sentenced to five years' of prison in Tangier II prison. On 6 September 2019, he began a new hunger strike.
References
- ↑ حراك الريف بالمغرب.. ربيع الأبلق يوقف إضرابه عن الطعام – إرم نيوز (in ar). www.eremnews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ↑ Saga, Ahlam Ben. Appeals Court Expels Arguing Appellant, Moroccan Journalist El Mahdaoui (in en-US). Morocco World News (2018-11-13). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ↑ Yabiladi.com. منظمة العفو الدولية: 66 شخصا من معتقلي حراك الريف أبلغوا عن تعرضهم للتعذيب (in ar). www.yabiladi.ma. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ↑ MOROCCO: HIRAK EL-RIF APPEAL A CHANCE TO REVERSE UNFAIR TRIAL. www.amnesty.nl..