Rabat, March 24 -- Saturday night to Sunday morning, young contractual teachers decided to camp outside of Rabat's parliament in protest of the government's recent decision to keep contractual teaching positions.

The teachers, aged 20-30, donned white coats and carried banners with slogans such as "the people for the abolishment of contractual employment" and "freedom, dignity and social justice" as they marched around Rabat during the day. There were approximately 10,000 protesters on Rabat's streets, according to Reuters.

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As night fell, the protesters marched from the Ministry of Education to the Parliament, where they lit candles and set up an improvise...