A Moroccan woman and her child were denied asylum in the United Kingdom on the basis of an alleged official note stating that their return to Morocco would be safe. A senior judge discovered that the document had probably never existed.
Rachida Dati , a candidate for mayor of Paris, returned this Thursday to her forced marriage of 1992. Invited to the podcast "Ex...", the former Keeper of the Seals confided that she had yielded to family pressure before obtaining the annulment of the union three years later.
The Catalan police have prevented 47 forced marriages over the past five years. Among the cases handled, seven involve Moroccan families. In total, 28 minors have been protected, including a 9-year-old girl.
The marriage of minors continues to expand in Morocco, particularly in rural areas, despite legal restrictions and the rejection of most requests by the courts. A persistent practice that violates the rights of children and compromises the future of young girls.
Ariane, a 28-year-old Franco-Moroccan, has filed a complaint for sexual assault and rape against her ex-husband of Moroccan origin whom she was forced to marry in July 2015 in Morocco, just a month after her 18th birthday.
A 22-year-old woman of Moroccan origin has fled her family home in Alicante to escape a forced marriage with her 40-year-old cousin. The latter had paid 1,000 euros to the young woman’s parents for this arranged union. The parents as well as the cousin have been arrested.
The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) calls for the establishment of a "passport" or "guide" for marriage, which will include the personal data of the future spouses, as well as all information on their rights and duties.
A young high school student committed suicide in the commune of Zaggota, in the province of Sidi Kacem , after her family forced her to stop her studies and submit to a forced marriage.
Child marriage is a persistent phenomenon in Morocco due to the power of exemption granted to judges. The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, strongly opposed to this practice, intends to remedy it through the reform of the Penal Code.
Nour, a woman of Moroccan origin, was forced to marry a cousin. She recounts her tragic story in a book published last October.
The Minister of Justice is determined to put an end to underage marriage . Invited on the "Noukta ila Satr" show on Tuesday, Abdellatif Ouahbi confided that underage marriage is comparable to child rape.
The law is a huge obstacle to the fight against child marriage in Morocco, according to a study just conducted by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH).