Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

The death of Mohcine Fikri - a fish vendor crushed in a garbage truck on October, 28^th, 2016 while trying to retrieve his confiscated merchandise in Al Hoceima - has paved the way for the rise of ‘Hirak’, a popular movement of the Rif that fights for social justice and the right to equal development. Since that the date the northern region of Morocco has witnessed a historical turmoil. Despite the militarisation of the region and the state’s manœuvre to discredit the upheaval, Hirak was able to mobilise thousands of demonstrators in the north of Morocco.

However, the Moroccan state began a wave of repression that has not been seen for decades. Hence, in May and in a context of rising repression against the Movement of the Rif, fifty political prisoners, among them the leaders of Hirak, were transferred to the Oukacha prison in Casablanca. Consequently, and conscious of the difficulties that the families of the detained would face, a committee for the support of political prisoners was established on the 31 May 2017.

The Committee of Support for the Political Prisoners of Hirak [Casablanca] is a collective independent of all political organisations, unions, and associations. It is comprised of militants from different political, associative and union horizons and who defend the cause of political prisoners, and who stand against the criminalisation of social movements. The Committee calls for the immediate liberation of all of Hirak’s political prisoners.

Signed

Members of the European Parliament:
Marina Albiol, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Martina Anderson, GUE/ NGL (Ireland)
Xabier Benito, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Malin Bjork, GUE/ NGL (Sweden)
Lynn Boylan, GUE/ NGL (Ireland)
Matt Carthy, GUE/ NGL (Ireland)
Javier Couso, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Eleonora Forenza, GUE/ NGL (Italy)
Tania González, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Josu Juaristi, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Patrick Le Hyaric, GUE/ NGL (France)
Claure Moraes, Party of European Socialists (UK)
Liadh Ni Riada, GUE/ NGL (Ireland)
Lola Sánchez, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Estefanía Torres, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Miguel Urbán, GUE/ NGL (Spain)
Marie-Christine Vergiat, GUE/ NGL (France)
Marie Pierre Vieu, GUE/ NGL (France)

Members of National Parliaments:
Clementine Autain, France Insoumise (France)
Ugo Bernalicis, France Insoumise (France)
Richard Boyd Barrett, Teachta Dála (Ireland)
Christine Buchholz, Die Linke (Germany)
Pablo Bustinduy, Unidos Podemos (Spain)
Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Profit The positive gain yielded from a company’s activity. Net profit is profit after tax. Distributable profit is the part of the net profit which can be distributed to the shareholders. (Northern Ireland)
Joan Collins, Teachta Dála (Ireland)
Eric Coquerel, France Insoumise (France)
Sergio Coronado, Ex-Député Ecologie Sociale (France)
Clare Daly, Teachta Dála (Ireland)
Sadet Karbulut, SP (Netherlands)
Gino Kenny, Teachta Dála (Ireland)
Gigi Malabarba, Ex-Senatore PRC, Communia (Italy)
Noël Mamère, Ex-Député Groupe Ecologiste (France)
Mathilde Panot, France Insoumise (France)
Brid Smith, Teachta Dála (Ireland)
Franco Turigliatto, Ex-Senatore PRC, Sinistra Anticapitalista (Italy)
Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Podemos (Spain)

Unionists:
Amr Badr, Board Member, Syndicate of Journalists (Egypt)
Wim Baltussen. FNV (Netherlands)
Sergio Bellavita, USB Nazionale (Italy)
Khaled al-Bolshi, Former Secretary, Syndicate of Journalists (Egypt)
Hans Boot, Editor of Solidariteit (Netherlands)
Ángel Bosqued, Secretario de Relaciones Internacionales de CGT (Spain)
Fabrizio Burattini, USB Scuola (Italy)
Daniel Ceriotti, Sindicato de Nutricionistas (Uruguay)
Irene Cicciò, USB Scuola (Italy)
Nara Cladera, Union Syndicale Solidaires (France)
Herbert Claros da Silva, International Relations Secretary, CSP Conlutas (Brazil)
Eliana Como, Direttivo Nazionale FIOM, Direttivo Nazionale CGIL (Italy)
Manuel Cortes, General Secretary, Transport and Salaried Staff Association (UK)
Kevin Courtney, Joint National Secretary National Education Union (UK)
Dominique Daigneault, Présidente du Conseil Central du Montréal métropolitain-CSN (Canada)
Leonardo De Angelis, USB Sistemi Informativi (Italy)
Mimmo De Stradis, USB Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Italy)
Ronnie Draper, General Secretary, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (UK)
Stéphane Enjalran, Secrétaire National Union Syndicale Solidaires (France)
Stefania Fantauzzi, USB Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Italy)
Dario Filippini, USB Pensionati (Italy)
Rob Gerretsen, FNV (Netherlands)
Sam Gindin, Retired Assistant to the President, UNIFOR (Canada)
Flavio Guidi, Cobas Scuola Brescia (Italy)
Estéban Guijarro, Secretario General de CGT Madrid (Spain)
Howie Hawkins, Teamsters Local 317 (USA)
Ernesto Herrera, Editor de Correspondencia de Prensa (Uruguay)
Pina Imbrenda, USB Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Italy)
Isabel Koifmann, Sindicato Ecos, Cooperativa Magisterial (Uruguay)
Deepa Kumar, President Rutgers AAUP-AFT (USA)
Bartolo Lara, Fucvam, Cooperativas de Vivienda (Uruguay)
Ron Lare, UAW Local 600 (USA)
Elena Lequio, Adeom, Sindicato de Municipales (Uruguay)
Michael Letwin, Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW 2325 (USA)
Francesco Locantore, Direttivo nazionale FLC-CGIL (Italy)
Christian Mahieux, Union Syndicale Solidaires (France)
Stefano Maruca, Ufficio Internazionale CGIL (Italy)
Kim Moody, member National Union of Journalists (USA)
Neli Maria Paschoarelli Wada, Diretora do SINTUSP (Brazil)
Yahya Qallash, Former President Syndicate of Journalists (Egypt)
Anna della Ragione, Direttivo nazionale FLC-CGIL (Italy)
Leonel Revelese, COFE, Sindicato de Funcionarios del Estado (Uruguay)
Luca Scacchi, Direttivo Nazionale CGIL (Italy)
Jesse Sharkey, Vice President Chicago Teachers Union (USA)
Nando Simeone, Direttivo Nazionale FILCAMS-CGIL (Italy)
Michael Thomson, Secretary of NSW Division, National Tertiary Education Union
Giuseppe Tiano, USB Calabria (Italy)
Waldemar Torino, Adeom, Sindicato de Municipales (Uruguay)
Nico Vox, USB Milano (Italy)
Matt Wrack, General Secretary, Fire Brigades Union (UK)

Various:
Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Professor, San Francisco State University (USA)
Gilbert Achcar, Professor, University of London (UK)
Greg Albo, Professor, York University (Canada)
Viviana Asara, Assistant Professor, Wien University (Austria)
Miriyam Aouragh, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster (UK)
Koenraad Bogaert, Professor, Ghent University (Belgium)
Tithi Bhattacharya, Professor, Purdue University (USA)
Adrian Budd, Head of Division of Social Sciences, London South Bank University (UK)
Marco Brunazzo, Professor, University of Trento (Italy)
Thomas Casadei, Professor, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Robin Celikates, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
John Chalcraft, Professor, LSE (UK)
Noam Chomsky, Professor, MIT and University of Arizona (USA)
Herman De Ley, Professor, Ghent University (Belgium)
James Dickins, Professor, University of Leeds (UK)
Juanita Elias, Reader, University of Warwick (UK)
John Esposito, Professor, Georgetown University (USA)
Nadia Fadil, Assistant Professor, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Sara Farris, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths University (UK)
Sue Ferguson, Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (USA)
Gennaro Gervasio, Researcher, Università Roma Tre (Italy)
Keith Hyams, Associate Professor, University of Warwick (UK)
William Keach, Professor, Brown University (USA)
Joost Kircz, Professor, University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
Les Levidow, Professor, Open University (UK)
Philip Marfleet, Professor, University of East London (UK)
Antonio Moscato, Professor, Università del Salento (Italy)
Yasser Munif, Assistant Professor, Emerson College (USA)
Hassan Nafaa, Professor, University of Cairo (Egypt)
Malcolm Povey, Professor, University of Leeds (UK)
Nicola Pratt, Professor, University of Warwick (UK)
Shirin Rai, Professor University of Warwick (UK)
Kikélola Roach, Professor, Ryerson University (Canada)
Devi Sacchetto, Professor, University of Padua (Italy)
Stephen R. Shalom, William Paterson University (USA)
Mike Smith, Professor, University of Warwick (UK)
Antonio Stopani, Researcher, University of Turin (Italy)
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor, Princeton (USA)
Francesco Vacchiano, Researcher, Lisbon University (Portugal)
Marcel Van der Linden, Professor, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Matthew Watson, Professor, University of Warwick (UK)
Associazione Ya Basta Êdî Bese (Italy)
Al-Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture (Egypt)
Giuseppe Acconcia, Journalist and Researcher (Italy)
Jean Claude Amara, Porte-Parole de Droit Devant (France)
Associazione “Cultura è libertà” (Italy)
Gianfranco Bettin, President of the Marghera Municipality (Italy)
Alberto Boga, Militantes Guevaristas de la Costa (Uruguay)
Sergio Bologna, Author (Italy)
Willem Bos, SAP/Grenzeloos (Netherlands)
Olivier Besancenot, Ancien Candidat à l’Election Présidentielle (France)
Houria Bouteldja, Porte-Parole du Parti des Indigènes de la République (France)
Petros Constantinou, KEERFA (Greece)
Lorenzo Declich, Researcher (Italy)
Erri De Luca, Writer (Italy)
Ludo De Witte, Sociologue (Belgium)
Adèle Dorada, Secrétariat fédéral d’Alternative Libertaire (France)
Bernard Dreano ( CEDETIM)
Christian Elia, Journalist and Director of QCODE Magazine (Italy)
Nada Elia, Author (USA)
Patrick Farbiaz, Sortir du Colonialisme (France)
Paolo Ferrero, Vice president of the Party of the European Left (Italy)
Bill Fletcher, Jr., Former President of TransAfrica Forum (USA)
Pim Fisher, Immigration Lawyer, Haarlem (Netherlands)
Mgr Jacques Gaillot, Président de Droit Devant (France)
Stefano Galieni, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Italy)
Aldo Garzia, Collaborator Il Manifesto (Italy)
Dr Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition (UK)
Toufic Haddad, Author (USA)
Hamza Hamouchene, Environmental Justice North Africa (UK)
Thomas Harrison, Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy (USA)
Sandew Hira, Coordinator of the Decolonial International Network (Netherlands)
John Hendy, Human Rights Lawyer and Queen’s Counsel (UK)
Roza Khan, Inqalabi Socialist (Pakistan)
Sartaj Khan, Inqalabi Socialist (Pakistan)
Kento, Journalist and Rapper (Italy)
Hanane Karimi, Sociologue (France)
Sadri Khiari, Auteur, Artiste (Tunisia)
Ramah Kudaimi, Syrian Solidarity Collective (USA)
Ken Loach, Film Director (UK)
Lowkey, Rapper (UK)
Alan Maass, Editor Socialist Worker (USA)
Piero Maestri, Communia Network (Italy)
Gianfranco Manfredi, Singer (Italy)
Myriam Martin, Porte-Parole d’Ensemble, Conseillère régionale Occitanie (France)
Karim Metref, Journalist (Italy)
Mahienour el-Massry, Human Rights Lawyer and Former Political Prisoner (Egypt)
Alessandra Mecozzi, Associazione “Cultura è libertà” (Italy)
John Molyneux, Editor, Irish Marxist Review (Ireland)
Martín Mosquera, Democracia Socialista (Argentina)
Ghayath Naisse, Revolutionay Left Current (Syria)
Fatima Ouassak, Politologue (France)
Moni Ovadia, Writer and Actor (Italy)
Mario Pieri, Colectivo Militante (Uruguay)
Marco Philopat, Writer and Publisher (Italy)
Christine Poupin, Porte-Parole du NPA (France)
Philippe Poutou, Ancien Candidat à l’Election Présidentielle (France)
Raphaël Pradeau, Co-Porte-Parole ATTAC (France)
Alberto Prunetti, Writer and journalist (Italy)
Asad Rehman, Executive Director War on Want (UK)
Rebeca Riela, Sociedad de Economía Crítica (Argentina)
Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt)
Mario Rossi, Secretario Político del Movimiento Revolucionario Oriental (Uruguay)
Arundhati Roy, Author (India)
Camilla Royle, Deputy Editor, International Socialism Journal (UK)
Steven Salaita, Author (USA)
Jane Slaughter, former editor of Labor Notes (USA)
Strong Egypt Party - Hizb Misr al-Qawiyya (Egypt)
Bhaskar Sunkara, Editor of Jacobin (USA)
Eric Toussaint, porte-parole CADTM International (Belgique)
Aurélie Trouvé, Co-Porte Parole ATTAC (France)
Vrede Vrw, Association pour la Paix (Belgium)
Lello Voce, Poet (Italy)
Jean-André Waag, Secrétariat Fédéral d’Alternative libertaire (France)
Thomas Weyts, SAP-Gauche anticapitaliste (Belgium)