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Sit-in in Morocco Against Death Penalty
Oct 15 2009, Mohammed Taha

A sit-in was held last Tuesday in Rabat for the abolition of death penalty. The rally, under the banner “the abolition of the death penalty to preserve the right to life,” took place as an absolute refusal of the death penalty.

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