A Moroccan feminist movement has launched a campaign against virginity tests, a common practice in Africa, the Arab world and some European countries, consisting of spending the wedding night on a white sheet to "preserve the blood stains", proof of the woman’s virginity before marriage.
The court of first instance of Zagora has rendered a judgment that provides material for the great debate on the freedom of sexual relations outside of marriage and individual freedoms in general. It acquitted a couple living in cohabitation while they were accused of adultery.
The "Outlaws" movement is asking Moroccans to share the message "Stop 490" in red on social media. The goal is to obtain the release of Hanaa, a young woman sentenced for having a sexual relationship outside of marriage.
Morocco already has an organization capable of combating crime in all its forms. This is the National Observatory of Crime, which, according to the Minister of Justice, is awaiting a decree of creation to be operational.
Articles 20, 21 and 22 of the Family Code, which legalize the marriage of minors in Morocco, must be repealed. This is the mission that ten associations have assigned themselves by forming a collective for adapted strategies to the situation.
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) continues its actions for the abolition of the death penalty. It is in this perspective that it has suggested that Morocco vote in favor of the resolution on the universal moratorium on the application of the death penalty, during the next session of the 3rd UN committee.
The 4-month prison sentence of artist Abdelatif Nhaila is causing controversy, especially among groups defending individual freedoms. By going to file a complaint for homophobia, the artist was far from imagining that he would be prosecuted and then convicted.
The Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI) has set up a fund that will allow women to avoid clandestine abortions with serious consequences. This is the means found by the movement to help women despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19.
Since the rape and murder of young Adnane, voices have not stopped calling for the strengthening of the legal arsenal so that crimes against children are severely punished. The PPS proposes that sexual abuse against minors under 18 be punished with a sentence ranging from 30 years to life imprisonment.
The rape and murder of young Adnane in Tangier has prompted many Moroccans to demand that the justice system apply the death penalty to the person found guilty of this atrocious crime. Although shocked by the nature of the crime, the president of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) maintains her position on the abolition of the death penalty.
For a few days, rumors have been circulating about the development of a law aimed at allowing certain authority agents to have the status of judicial police. The information is unfounded, according to the Ministry of Justice, which states that such a project has never existed.
The publication of fake news via social networks will now be repressed by law. A bill will soon be sent to parliament for adoption in order to allow the repression of these offenses.