Alternative Movement for Individual Liberties

Ibtissame Lachgar: Morocco Activist Faces Amputation Risk in Prison

1 March 2026

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 (…)

Morocco Activists Challenge Beach Ban on Women, Decry Gender Discrimination

8 September 2020

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 (…)

Moroccan Feminist Activist Reflects on Decade-Long Fight for Individual Freedoms

27 September 2019

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 (…)