Several thousand of Moroccans rallied across cities in the African country on Sunday demanding political reforms and limits on the powers of the king.

Several thousand of Moroccans rallied across cities in the African country on Sunday demanding political reforms and limits on the powers of the king.

Over 2,000 people took to the streets of the capital Rabat, 4,000 according to the organizers, shouting: "The people want change." 

In Casablanca, the North African nation's biggest city, over 1,000 people came out demanding: "Freedom, dignity, justice," an AFP correspondent reported.
The demonstrations were peaceful as of midday.
Thousands of young Moroccans have joined the "February 20" movement on the social networking site Facebook, calling for peaceful demonstrations demanding a new constitution limiting the king's powers and more social justice.

The call has similar origins to the so-called "Facebook revolutions" that toppled decades-old regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and sparked deadly protests in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria and Morocco.

Human rights and civil groups as well as independent journalists joined the movement, calling for the adoption of a democratic constitution.