Morocco Faces Pressure to Decriminalize Homosexuality as Penal Code Reform Looms
14 December 2019
In recent weeks, human rights defenders have spoken out, calling for the outright repeal of laws criminalizing adultery and homosexuality in Morocco.
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Moroccan Activists Launch Campaign to Decriminalize Personal Freedoms
9 December 2019
The 490 collective is getting into the dance and is calling for the withdrawal of all laws that undermine individual freedoms. A campaign called L7hob Machi Jarima accompanied (…)
Morocco’s Top Islamic Body Opposes Changes to Abortion Law
5 December 2019
The debate on the legalization of abortion in Morocco has now reached the Supreme Council of Ulema. Still as conservative, they reaffirm their adherence to the conclusions of (…)
Morocco’s Parliament Delays Abortion Debate, Awaits Royal Commission Findings
15 October 2019
The parliamentary debate on the right to abortion has been postponed again. Parliamentary groups refuse to participate in the debate on this issue and refer to the amendments (…)
Moroccan Lawmaker Pushes for Penal Code Reform on Personal Freedoms
9 October 2019
The debate on individual freedoms continues to stir up the news in Morocco. After human rights activists and feminists, it is the turn of Omar Balafrej, Deputy of the (…)
Moroccan Women’s Rights Group Campaigns to Reform ’Outdated’ Penal Code
5 October 2019
The Federation of the Democratic League for Women’s Rights (FLDDF) has just launched a campaign to abolish articles criminalizing individual freedoms, under the slogan: "Enough (…)
Moroccan PM Rejects Calls to Reform Penal Code on Abortion and Personal Freedoms
2 October 2019
The Head of Government, Saâd Eddine El Othmani, is categorical. Referring to the position of his political party, the Party of Youth and Development (PJD), he rejects any (…)
Moroccan Lawmaker Proposes Decriminalizing Homosexuality and Extramarital Relations
30 September 2019
The deputy of the Democratic Left Federation, Omar Balafrej, called for the decriminalization of extramarital relations and homosexuality, by removing Articles 489, 490 and 491 (…)
Morocco Grapples with Rising Recidivism Rates, Officials Seek Solutions
27 September 2019
On Wednesday, September 25, in Salé, the Minister of State in charge of Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid, speaking at the opening of the 7th session of the Autumn University, (…)
Moroccan Activists Challenge Law on Extramarital Sex and Abortion
24 September 2019
"Outlaws". This is the current status of the writer Leila Slimani and the filmmaker Sonia Terrab. Through a tribune signed by 490 Moroccan women and men in reference to Article (…)