Pedophilia

Articles

• Outrage in Morocco as Kuwaiti Man Accused of Child Abuse Released on Bail
  3 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  A Kuwaiti national, accused of pedophilia, was granted provisional release after paying a bail of 30,000 dirhams. A release that has sparked a wave of protests.
  In a statement, the local section of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) denounces this case. It noted that "the confiscation of the accused’s travel document was only effective on January 30, after his release was strongly contested".
  According to the facts, a 44-year-old Kuwaiti national would have abused a (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Assault on Child in Istanbul Metro
  4 February 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national was beaten by a crowd of passengers on board an Istanbul metro, before being handed over to Turkish security services. He is said to have committed sexual acts on a minor.
  Pursued for sexual harassment of a minor, the individual, whose identity has not been revealed, was apprehended by the Turkish police as he got off the metro.
  The 11-year-old girl was sitting in front of her mother when the Moroccan national began to pass his hand over the body of his victim, (…)

• Morocco Debates Death Penalty for Child Rapists After Tragic Murder in Tangier
  6 October 2020, by Ginette

  The rape and murder of young Adnane in Tangier has prompted many Moroccans to demand that the justice system apply the death penalty to the person found guilty of this atrocious crime. Although shocked by the nature of the crime, the president of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) maintains her position on the abolition of the death penalty.
  The CNDH recalls that "the right to life is the primary right of every human being. The law protects this right" and that "the physical or (…)

• Outrage in Morocco as Kuwaiti Man Accused of Child Sexual Assault Released
  6 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  The case of the 23-year-old Kuwaiti national, accused of sexual assault on a 14-year-old minor, in Marrakech, is the subject of appeals for the remand in custody of the accused.
  This remand in custody is followed with stupor by the victim’s family and human rights associations. According to Médias 24, the facts date back to July 2018, when the victim and the accused met in a villa in a residence in Marrakech. At the end of this pleasure outing, the plaintiff accuses the defendant of (…)

• French Tourist Arrested in Tangier for Alleged Child Sexual Abuse
  15 May 2019, by Amine

  A 53-year-old man of French nationality was arrested on Tuesday in Tangier, caught in the act of pedophilia. He was in the company of a 13-year-old child.
  This is one of the most tragic cases that has just occurred in Tangier when a French tourist was arrested while raping a 13-year-old minor. His arrest was carried out by the judicial police of the city of the Strait.
  According to the media Le360, source of this information: "The man was caught in the act of pedophile acts on a (…)

• French National Arrested in Morocco for Child Sexual Abuse, Faces Judge
  19 May 2019, by Said

  Arrested this week in flagrante delicto of pedophile acts in Tangier, in northern Morocco, a French national was presented to the judge who decided to detain him.
  Sources cited by the site le360 say that this man, L.R, born in 1966, had been arrested on May 14 in the company of a 13-year-old minor in an apartment he had rented. He had admitted to the investigators that he had paid the child for "a paid sexual act".
  The man had already stayed in Morocco two years ago and had already been (…)

• Spanish Man Arrested in Morocco for Alleged Child Exploitation in Internet Cafe
  11 September 2019, by Kamal

  A Spanish national was arrested on Sunday, September 8, by the judicial police services in the city of El Hajeb, for his alleged involvement in a case of pedophilia.
  According to the Spanish news agency, EFE, the 51-year-old individual was arrested in flagrante delicto in an internet cafe in El Hajeb while showing obscene scenes to an 11-year-old child.
  Alerted by the manager of the internet cafe, who had witnessed the scene, the police services went to the scene and arrested the (…)

• Suspect Arrested in Brutal Murder of 5-Year-Old Child in Morocco
  27 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  An individual in an abnormal mental state was arrested on Tuesday, November 27, 2019, for voluntary homicide of a 5-year-old child in the Sala Al Jadida district.
  The murder weapon, a retractable knife, was seized for the purposes of the investigation, pending clarification on the motives of the crime, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  As for the suspect, he was placed in custody with the judicial police brigade and made available for the (…)

• 67-Year-Old Retiree Arrested in Larache for Alleged Rape of Two Minors
  23 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  A preliminary investigation targeted a 67-year-old man, a retiree by profession, suspected of being involved in a case of rape of two minors in Larache.
  It all started with the complaint filed by a 12-year-old minor to the judicial police of Larache. The latter claimed to have been the victim of harassment and rape in a parking lot, according to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The research and investigations led the elements of the judicial (…)

• Moroccan Imam Faces 15-Year Sentence for Child Rape at Barcelona Mosque
  1 June 2019, by Amine

  This imam, named Abdeslam, is said to have taken advantage of the Quran learning classes he gave to this child to rape him by force, before threatening him with revenge if he were to reveal the affair. And it was not a single rape, but repeated sexual assaults over a period, specifically between May and July 2017.
  From the beginning of May 2017 until July 13, 2017, the assaults were repeated "each time the minor went to the mosque," wrote Sonia Canal, as reported by the website 20minutos. (…)