Moroccans burn selves in unemployment protest
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Five unemployed Moroccan men have set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the lack of jobs, especially for university graduates, a rights activist said.
Three were burned badly enough to be hospitalised, two of them were in serious condition, the activist said.
The men were part of the “unemployed graduates” movement, a loose collection of associations across the country filled with millions of university graduates demanding jobs. Their demonstrations are often violently dispersed by police and have resulted in sustained clashes in some towns and cities .
Around 160 members of the movement have been occupying an administrative building of the ministry of higher education for the past two weeks in Rabat. Supporters would bring them food until two days ago, when security forces stopped them.
