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 .
controversy
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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