Sexual harassment

Articles

• Tourist’s Viral Video Leads to Arrest in Chefchaouen Harassment Case
  17 August 2024, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) succeeded in arresting an individual whom a foreign tourist accused of harassment in a video widely circulated on social networks while she was taking photos during a visit to Chefchaouen.
  Technical expertise reveals that the recording and dissemination of this video date back to May 2023. At that time, the tourist was staying in Morocco, and had not filed any complaint about these acts with the police, the DGSN said. (…)

• Microcredit Agency Head Faces Sexual Harassment and Assault Charges in Morocco
  26 November 2022, by Ginette

  The head of a microcredit agency has just been referred to the courts for his alleged involvement in a case of sexual harassment and blackmail in Echemmaia, in the Marrakech-Safi region.
  According to the daily Assabah, the arrested and referred man used his position to harass women, demanding sexual favors from them before granting them microloans. But as if harassing the women who come to file their applications was not enough for him, he is said to have sexually abused a colleague who (…)

• Woman Dies in Tragic Accident After Street Harassment Incident in Marrakech
  17 March 2019, by Amine

  A woman harassed by a young man would, in trying to oppose him, have had a fatal accident. This happened in Marrakech, more precisely in the Aïn Itti neighborhood.
  The facts are reported by Alyaoum24, which specifies that a 39-year-old woman would have been harassed in the middle of the street by a much younger man, aged 26. Things would have escalated and the man would have come to blows.
  Thus, he would have slapped the victim who, in trying to push him back, stumbled onto the road. (…)

• Marrakech Woman’s Death After Street Harassment Now Investigated as Possible Murder
  22 March 2019, by Amine

  A few days ago, this tragic story broke out where a woman died in Marrakech after a sexual harassment incident in the street took a turn for the worse. New elements show that the case is more dramatic than it appeared. In fact, it would be a case of sexual harassment followed by murder, seemingly (so far) unintentional.
  After repeatedly refusing when he tried to "flirt" with a 38-year-old woman on the street, a 26-year-old man is said to have slapped her and then pushed her, causing her (…)

• Morocco Jails Man for Street Harassment in Landmark Case
  8 May 2019, by Amine

  The court in Oujda, in eastern Morocco, has just sentenced a man to two months in prison for harassing a young high school student he was courting. He will also have to pay a fine of 500 dirhams.
  This is a first in Morocco. Applying law 103-13, a 28-year-old man has just been convicted by the court of first instance in Oujda for harassing a minor girl. The complaint came from the father of the young high school student. And any contact with her is now forbidden to him.
  Based on an (…)

• Morocco Enacts Tough New Law Against Sexual Harassment with Jail Time, Fines
  13 May 2019, by Kamal

  The draft law against violence against women has just been published in the Official Bulletin. The government has finished setting up commissions within the ministries, the courts and the security services, which will ensure its implementation.
  Sentences of one to six months in prison accompanied by fines of 2,000 to 20,000 dirhams will henceforth be provided for by Moroccan legislation in case of harassment against women. Whether it is verbal sexual remarks made in person or sent by (…)

• French School Principal in Marrakech Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
  17 May 2019, by Kamal

  The principal of Victor Hugo French High School is accused of harassment and sexual abuse of students and teachers within the institution. Despite his total denial of the allegations, he has been suspended from his duties pending the end of the investigation.
  A former student of Victor Hugo High School has sent a message to the parents of students, drawing attention to the seriousness of the principal’s acts of harassment, and creating a controversy within the establishment.
  She asks (…)

• Moroccan Activist Alleges Sexual Harassment by Settat Official in Viral Video
  28 September 2019, by Kamal

  In a video posted on social media, an activist resident of Belgium accuses the President of the Provincial Council of the city of Settat of sexual harassment.
  The activist would have received obscene messages on Facebook and WhatsApp when she was preparing the Migrant Festival in Settat.
  According to her, the President of the Council would have asked to meet her at her home at late hours. After rejecting his advances, she claims that he gave her an appointment in his office.
  The (…)

• Moroccan MP Accused of Sexual Harassment, Sparks Government Scandal
  28 December 2019, by Ginette

  A scandal is hitting the El Othmani government head-on. The National Rally of Independents (RNI) and the Constitutional Union are at the heart of an accusation of sexual harassment.
  The plaintiff is the regional coordinator of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) in Taourirt. She accuses a member of parliament from the Constitutional Union of sexual harassment, reveals Le360 citing the daily Assabah.
  In a video circulating on social networks, the coordinator explains that she was (…)

• Supermarket Security Guard Sentenced for Sexual Harassment of Coworkers
  13 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Nîmes criminal court sentenced a Moroccan, employed as a security guard in a supermarket, to 12 months in prison with a suspended sentence for acts of sexual harassment on female colleagues.
  According to the plaintiffs, the Moroccan would have made vulgar remarks and invited them to get closer to him sexually or maritally. Touching was also mentioned. Facing President Brice Barbier, the forty-year-old said he had not "realized the extent of his remarks, otherwise he would have stopped (…)