Incarcerated in Morocco, feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar has filed a request for a royal pardon as Eid al-Fitr approaches. Severely weakened by the detachment of her bone prosthesis in detention, the 50-year-old activist hopes for a humanitarian release.
Sentenced to two and a half years in prison for wearing a T-shirt deemed offensive to Islam, activist Ibtissame Lachgar is suffering a serious deterioration in her health. Her lawyers warn of an imminent risk of arm amputation.
A feminist activist from the SCUM collective carried out a protest action at the Grévin museum in Paris on Saturday, January 17, targeting the wax statue of King Mohammed VI. The operation aimed to denounce the incarceration of Ibtissame "Betty" Lachgar , a Moroccan activist convicted of blasphemy, whose state of health is considered critical by her supporters.
Ibtissame Lachgar, a Moroccan activist for LGBTQ+ rights, also the founder of the alternative movement for individual freedoms (MALI), whose publication of a photo of herself wearing a t-shirt displaying a controversial phrase about Islam has caused an uproar among the population, was placed in detention on Tuesday for "offense against the Islamic religion".
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police arrested, on Sunday afternoon, Ibtissame Lachgar, a Moroccan activist for LGBTQ+ rights, and also the founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI), whose publication of a photo of herself wearing a t-shirt displaying a controversial phrase about religions caused an uproar among the population.
Ibtissame Lachgar, a Moroccan activist for LGBTQ+ rights, also the founder of the alternative movement for individual freedoms (MALI), finds herself at the heart of a controversy after the publication of a photo of her wearing a t-shirt displaying a controversial phrase about religions.
The Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI) is fighting the male domination of public spaces through a series of actions it is carrying out on a beach in the Rif on the Mediterranean coast.
The feminist and universalist activism of Ibtissame Lachgar (Betty) is as strong as ever. The picnic she had organized ten years earlier during Ramadan with Zineb El Rhazoui was the trigger for an endless struggle for individual freedoms.