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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Morocco controversial rape law change



 Morocco controversial rape law change


Moroccan Parliament unanimously to change the laws that allow underage girls rapist could avoid criminal charges by way of marrying their victims .

The move follows intense lobbying by activists who demanded better protection for young women is a victim of rape .
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These changes have been welcomed by rights groups .

Having passed last year , this law then generate public criticism unprecedented .
The problem then arises when Amina Filali in 2012 when 16 -year -old committed suicide after being forced to marry her rapist .

Filali Fellak accuse Moustapha , who at the time was 25 years old over physical violence after they were married . This accusation is denied Fellak .

Click After seven months of marriage, Filali swallowed rat poison .
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The case shocked many people in Morocco and is widely covered by the media and sparked a protest in the capital Rabat and other cities .

The controversial Article 475 which threatens prison sentences of one to five years for anyone who " kidnaps or deceptive " minors " without violence , threat or deception , or try to do it . "

However , the second clause of the article mentions the circumstances if the victim married the perpetrator , " he could no longer required , except by those empowered to demand the cancellation of the wedding and just after the cancellation was announced . "

In conservative rural parts of Morocco , an unmarried girl or woman who has lost

virginity through rape - even - considered to have humiliated his family and no longer suitable for pernikaha .

Some families believe that marry the rapist could resolve this problem .

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