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• Morocco Arrests 8 After Protests Disrupt Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony Near Marrakech
  18 February 2019, by Amine

  Residents of the Marrakech area gathered last Saturday in front of a guest house to prevent a marriage between two men. They alerted the authorities who arrested at least 8 people.
  It would be about twenty young people, mostly from Marrakech, but also foreigners, who would have organized, in a guest house, in the vicinity of Marrakech, and more precisely in Douar Ben Yaich, what seemed to be a ceremony of a homosexual marriage, between two men, preceded by a sexual orgy, according to (…)

• Marrakech Police Dismantle Violent Robbery Gang, Arrest Key Suspect
  4 April 2019, by Said

  They should no longer be rampant in Marrakech. The police have just announced the arrest of several individuals suspected of being the perpetrators of several violent robberies in recent months in the ochre city.
  In a press release, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has dismantled "a criminal gang specializing in armed robbery, one of whose members was the subject of a national arrest warrant". The latter, who recently left prison, is accused of robbery (…)

• Belgian Mother Sentenced for Stabbing Daughter Over Secret Islamic Marriage
  30 January 2019, by Said

  A 3-year prison sentence was handed down by a Belgian court against a woman who stabbed her daughter following her conversion to Islam and for having married "in secret".
  At 54 years old, Behiye was prosecuted for "intentional assault and battery", reports the newspaper La Dernière Heure. For the Brussels Correctional Court, which handled this case, this 3-year suspended prison sentence must make the mother understand that "her behavior is unacceptable".
  The facts date back to March 13, (…)

• Belgian-Moroccan Woman Stranded in Morocco as COVID-19 Border Closures Separate Couple
  10 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  Khadija, 49, a Belgian-Moroccan, has been stuck in Morocco since March while her husband, Franz, 66, lives confined in Charleroi, Belgium. The steps taken by this separated couple for the wife’s return to her country have so far been unsuccessful.
  Leaving for Essaouira on March 10, Khadija finds herself stuck in her country of origin since the suspension of air traffic and the closure of borders. The couple is taking steps to repatriate Khadija to Belgium. They send ongoing correspondence (…)

• French Psychologist Found Dead in Moroccan Home, Apparent Suicide
  3 April 2019, by Bladi.net

  Drama in Essaouira where a French national who had been living there for many years was found in her home. She is believed to have committed suicide.
  The lifeless body of this professional psychologist was discovered by her neighbors. The neighbors, shocked by this macabre discovery, alerted the authorities.
  Once on the scene, the judicial police officers had to force the door of the apartment. Inside, the outcome was bitter: the psychologist’s body was hanging, however without any (…)

• Tragic Death of Moroccan Teen During YouTube Video Shoot Sparks Investigation
  29 April 2019, by Kamal

  The body of a first-year high school student was found abandoned in an isolated building in the Beni Yakhlef region, on the outskirts of Mohammedia.
  According to sources relayed by Alyaoum24, the deceased fell from the third floor of the building in question, while he was having fun recording a video on YouTube with his friends.
  The family of the young student is still in shock, and is waiting to see the conclusions of the autopsy, which will determine the cause of death. During a press (…)

• Moroccan Teen’s Suicide Highlights Controversy Over Child Marriage Laws
  26 March 2019, by Amine

  On March 24, two days ago, a 17-year-old girl committed suicide in the Jerada region, in eastern Morocco. The reason, she was forced to get married.
  It was in the village of Oulad Sidi Ali, in the province of Jerada, that a 17-year-old minor chose to end her life right after being asked in marriage and refusing the latter.
  This young girl was out of school and this drama occurs at a time when we currently see the multiplication of debates around the marriages of minors going in the (…)

• Moroccan Man Deported from France Under Mysterious Circumstances
  1 May 2019, by Kamal

  The French authorities this week carried out the repatriation of a Moroccan national to Fès-Saiss airport, for reasons unknown to date. Is it a wanted notice or illegal stay? No information has been communicated.
  On Monday afternoon, a Moroccan national in his thirties was expelled by the French police and arrested at Fès airport by the Moroccan authorities upon disembarking from a plane from Lyon.
  No information has been communicated about the reasons for his repatriation or the wanted (…)

• Moroccan Official Arrested for Organizing Illicit Sex Parties Near Benslimane
  12 April 2019, by Amine

  It’s not just presidents of republics who organize sex parties. Even the moqadems are getting into it. An auxiliary of authority was indeed arrested in this sense on Monday, near Benslimane. He was organizing very hot special evenings.
  A moqadem has just turned himself in to the authorities as part of a case of organizing group sex parties, in the vicinity of Benslimane. The matter has gone too far and he risked being arrested at any moment.
  One of his accomplices is still actively (…)

• Mother Arrested in Meknes for Brutal Murder of 5-Year-Old Daughter
  12 February 2020, by Kamal

  A 5-year-old girl died in the early hours of Wednesday, February 12, under atrocious circumstances, in the Mellah district of Meknes. The mother is suspected of having tortured her to death before strangling her.
  The facts occurred around midnight on Wednesday, when a young woman, whose age has not been revealed, committed a horrible crime on her 5-year-old daughter, inflicting violent blows to several parts of her body.
  The little girl, victim of torment and torture, eventually died (…)