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The European Union Has urged Morocco's Government to stop using violent repression against protesters following the hard-line crackdown on demonstrators at a second violent clash over theweekend that resulted in scores of civilian casualties. police charged the pro-reform demonstrators and beat them up with truncheons. "We are concerned about the violence used during thedemonstrations taking place in Morocco," Natasha Butler, a European Commission spokesperson, told a news briefing.

"We call for restraint in the use of force and respect of fundamental freedoms. Freedom ofassembly is a democratic right. We call on Morocco to maintain its track record in allowing citizens to demonstrate peacefully."

The EU has urged Morocco's Government to move forward with genuinreforms and called on "all parties to engage in a peaceful dialogue with a view to finding solutions to the issues raised by the demonstrators."

Around two dozen people were hurt in Casablanca on Sundaywhen police broke up the protest called by the February 20 Movement, a youth-dominated group leading a wave of protests inspired by uprisings in other Arab nations.

The government spokes personsaid the demonstrations were banned and that police acted in response to what he described as provocative behavior by the protesters.






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The European Union Hasurged Morocco's Government to stop using violent repression against protesters following the hard line crackdown on demonstrators at a second violent clash over the weekend that resulted in scores ofcivilian casualties. during the demonstrations taking place in Morocco.

Natasha Butler
She said, we call for restraint in the use of force and respect of fundamental freedoms.

they ask allparties to engage in peaceful dialogue to find solutions to the issues raised by protesters


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La Unión Europea ha instado a Gobierno de Marruecos a dejar de utilizar la represión violenta...