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• Belgian-Moroccan Woman Battles Bureaucracy to Reclaim Misspelled Surname
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  Since 2019, a 73-year-old Belgian-Moroccan woman has been going through an administrative hell to have her family name corrected.
  Born in Morocco on January 5, 1952, Nawal Berrada* arrived in Saint-Gilles on July 3, 1976. She has been registered in the population register of the Brussels municipality since November 12, 1982. Her surname is correctly spelled with "2 r’s" on her birth certificate, established and corrected in Morocco. Her name Berrada is also spelled with "2 r’s" on her (…)

• Morocco to Overhaul Family Code, Boosting Women’s Rights and Equality
  10 September 2022, by Prince

  King Mohammed VI recently announced the reform of the Family Code, nearly 20 years after its adoption, in order to establish more equality between men and women in matters of inheritance, marriage of minors, etc.
  In his speech on July 30th on the occasion of the Throne Feast, Mohammed VI launched the reform of the Family Code. "The spirit of the reform does not consist in granting the woman gracious privileges, but, much more precisely, in ensuring her full enjoyment of the legitimate (…)

• Morocco Considers Reforms to Family Code After 15-Year Review
  10 February 2019, by Amine

  Just 15 years after the entry into force of the Moudawana, the Family Code, Mohamed Aujjar, Minister of Justice, declared last Friday that his ministry was carrying out a comprehensive and objective evaluation to consider possible reforms.
  On the occasion of the 3rd Forum of Moroccan Expatriate Lawyers, the Secretary General of the Ministry, Abdelilah Lahkim Bennani, read on behalf of the Minister an address, at the opening of a Conference on "The Family Code in the light of Comparative (…)

• Study Reveals Urgent Need to Combat Child Marriage in Morocco
  27 December 2021, by Prince

  The results of the study were presented at a press conference organized in Casablanca at the end of the week. On this occasion, the president of the Foundation, Najat Ikhich, stressed the urgency of creating a deterrent regulatory framework against those who continue to promote child marriage, according to the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.
  According to the study, 86% of women do not master the provisions of the Family Code and consequently do not know their rights. 14% of the women (…)

• Shocking Video of Child Abuse in Morocco Sparks Outrage on Social Media
  25 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  The video of a girl tortured for several minutes by what appears to be her mother has caused an outcry on Moroccan social media. The incident is said to have taken place in Larache and Internet users are calling for an exemplary and severe punishment.
  Considered at first as a punishment to teach the little girl the rules of hygiene, this punishment quickly took on the appearance of a torture lasting several minutes endured by the little girl. In a video available on Youtube, we can see (…)

• French ISIS Fighters Face Alleged Torture in Iraqi Prison, Families Warn
  28 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The families of French jihadists, sentenced to death in Iraq, have denounced "torture, abuse, and physical and psychological mistreatment in the Al Rosafa prison in Baghdad".
  Through correspondence, the prisoners have informed their families of the "torture", "humiliation" and "incessant threats" from certain guards. These militiamen, who are responsible for their security, have also informed them of the imminence of their execution in this prison, or after a transfer to the Nasiriyah (…)

• Families Protest Inaction on 2013 Melilla Deaths, Demand Justice for Slain Youths
  29 April 2023, by Prince

  The parents and close friends of Emin and Pisly, two young people from Melilla who were allegedly killed by agents of the Royal Moroccan Navy on October 27, 2013, demonstrated on April 27 to demand justice. They are desperate and lament that no action has been taken on this case since then.
  The families of Emin, 20, and Pisly, 24, gathered again to demand justice, 9 years and 6 months after the deaths of the two young people in 2013. The demonstration took place in front of the Municipal (…)

• Search Intensifies for Missing 14-Year-Old Girl in Moroccan City of Mohammedia
  22 September 2024, by Sylvanus

  In Mohammedia, a family is asking residents for help in finding their 14-year-old daughter who has not given any sign of life since leaving her home on September 9.
  Meriem Zouhri was last seen leaving her parents’ home to run an errand around 10 p.m. on September 9. She did not take any personal belongings, ruling out the hypothesis of a runaway. "Everything was normal at home; she had no reason to run away," her older sister Imane told Morocco World News. She hinted that her family was (…)

• Search Intensifies for Missing 13-Year-Old in French Alps
  2 April, by Prince

  Missing for more than a week, Amjad Jacquemin, a 13-year-old teenager, remains untraceable. His family is desperately searching for him. The national police have issued a missing person alert for the young man of Moroccan origin.
  This 13-year-old teenager, a resident of the Les Perce-Neige educational center in Gap, has not given any sign of life since March 23, the date on which he is said to have disappeared, according to the missing person alert issued by the police of the (…)

• Family Offers $100,000 Reward in Dutch Businessman’s Marbella Kidnapping Case
  29 January 2023, by Prince

  The family of the Dutch businessman of Moroccan origin, Jamal O., kidnapped in August 2020 in Marbella by a group of men disguised as police officers, is offering a 100,000 euro reward to anyone who provides information to locate him.
  This offer aims to advance the police investigation that is stagnating, explains Javier Muriel, the family’s lawyer, who is desperate. "It’s been almost two and a half years since we’ve had any news of him," adds the lawyer, who recalls that the case has (…)