Domestic violence

Articles

• Moroccan Woman Sues French State Over Denied Access to Ex-Partner’s Trial
  10 April, by Prince

  Deprived of her right to attend the trial of her former partner, a victim of domestic violence has sued the State for administrative dysfunction before the Paris judicial court.
  The woman asked the Paris judicial court on Wednesday to condemn the State for depriving her of attending this trial. Khadija believes that her "trial was stolen" from her. "When I filed a complaint, I had faith in justice. I wanted to see him in the dock, I wanted to hear the word ’convicted’. But they stole my (…)

• Domestic Violence Surges in Morocco: Over Half of Married Women Affected, Report Finds
  10 January 2023, by Armel

  Despite the many measures, Morocco is still facing the challenge of domestic violence. According to a human rights report, the phenomenon is worrying, especially since the number of cases has increased sharply in 2022.
  56% of housewives have been victims of violence from their husbands, revealed the annual report on monitoring violence against Moroccan women and girls, presented by the Azzahrae Forum Network. Nearly half do not take any action against the aggressor, attributing this to (…)

• Moroccan Teen Seeks Help After Viral Video Exposes Alleged Abuse by Saudi Husband
  19 April 2019, by Amine

  A few days ago, a video posted by a Moroccan woman to catch her Saudi husband in the act of mistreating her was widely shared on social media and also very widely reported. She has just released a new video.
  Apparently the Moroccans and the press would have helped this young Moroccan minor in her case by commenting and sharing the video she took of the brutalities she is used to suffering from her Saudi husband in Saudi Arabia. Safaa declares: "First of all, I would like to thank all the (…)

• Survey: Over Half of Moroccan Women Experience Domestic Violence
  15 May 2019, by Said

  It’s a frightening figure. More than 50% (actually 54%!) of Moroccan women have been victims, at least once in their lives, of a form of violence from their spouse.
  These are official figures that have just been revealed by the second National Survey on the Prevalence of Violence against Women presented yesterday in Rabat. We learn that 55.8% of women in urban areas have been victims of violence, while in rural areas this rate exceeds 50% (51.6% exactly).
  This survey, carried out (…)

• Domestic Violence Video Sparks Outrage in Casablanca as Gendarmerie Rejects Complaint
  9 July 2019, by Kamal

  Deeply shocked by its content, Internet users have circulated on the social network Facebook the video of a woman victim of domestic violence, in an attempt to alert the Royal Gendarmerie services to the seriousness of the act.
  In this video, the victim, who lives in the province of Mediouna, on the outskirts of Casablanca, reported her "savage" assault by her own husband, following a question about the reasons for his delay.
  The victim’s husband, who had refused to answer her question (…)

• Morocco Study Reveals 93% of Domestic Violence Victims Suffer in Silence
  10 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The figures shed light on the physical and, above all, psychological drama experienced by battered women. They are tormented and suffer terribly within, to the point of not even expressing the desire to further expose their suffering by filing a complaint against their aggressor. Many of them suffer in silence. On this, the figures are edifying, as to those who take the extremely difficult step of going to denounce and file a complaint with the competent authorities against their aggressor. (…)

• Survey Reveals High Rates of Domestic Violence Against Young Moroccan Women
  1 December 2019, by Ginette

  Carried out between January 2 and March 10, 2019, the survey revealed that the most vulnerable age groups are women aged 25 to 29. They represent 59.8%.
  Domestic violence, on the other hand, has the highest prevalence rates. Only 28.32% of abused women have approached a person or an institution.
  The Ministry of Family, as every year, launched the 17th national awareness campaign on violence against women on November 25. The theme chosen for this edition is "The involvement of young (…)

• Domestic Violence Surges in Morocco During COVID-19 Lockdown, Women’s Rights Group Reports
  22 May 2020, by Ginette

  Confinement has caused the number of women victims of violence to explode. The Federation of Leagues of Women’s Rights states that it has received 515 telephone calls, from 355 women victims of violence in the various regions of Morocco, between March 16 and May 15.
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• Moroccan Woman Fatally Stabbed by Ex-Husband in Brussels Street Attack
  26 October 2020, by Kamal

  A woman of Moroccan origin was stabbed on Saturday evening in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels by her ex-husband. The man inflicted several knife wounds on her.
  According to local media, the victim of this tragedy, the exact circumstances of which are not yet clear, succumbed to her injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.
  The suspect, her ex-spouse, was apprehended shortly after the incident. The man stabbed his ex-wife about ten times, following a marital dispute, the same (…)

• Moroccan Man Gets 8.5 Years for Brutal Knife Attack on Wife and Sister-in-Law in Switzerland
  27 July 2019, by Sylvanus

  A reduced sentence for the Moroccan in his thirties. In an initial verdict handed down by the Criminal Court of the Littoral and Val-de-Travers in September 2018, he had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder. Indeed, he had inflicted 19 knife blows on his wife and five on his sister-in-law, in June 2017. But, following the appeal of the public prosecutor’s office and the defense, his sentence was reduced on appeal to 8 and a half years, reports arcinfo.ch.
  This verdict, (…)