Moroccan Court Sentences 14 in High-Profile Rape and Kidnapping Case

In August 2018, Khadija, then 17 years old, had been kidnapped, sequestered and raped for two months by a dozen men aged 18 to 28 from her village of Oulad Ayad, near Beni Mellal. In a video that went viral, she showed her injuries, sometimes obscene tattoos and cigarette burns on a large part of her body. This case, which had caused an outcry in Morocco, had led to many demonstrations in the country.