Moroccan Pop Star’s Rape Appeal Trial Set to Begin in Paris
4 May 2025
After a long series of postponements, the appeal trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred, sentenced in 2023 to six years in prison for rape and aggravated violence against a (…)
Violence and assaults
Tangier Official Assaulted After Blocking Citizen from City Council Meeting
3 May 2025
A caid, head of an administrative annex in Tangier, was slapped on Friday by a citizen after preventing the latter from forcibly accessing the room where the ordinary May (…)
Muslim Woman’s Veil Torn Off in Alleged Hate Crime Attack in Poissy, France
1 May 2025
A 26-year-old woman was the victim of an assault in Poissy (Yvelines). She filed a complaint, accusing her attacker of notably tearing off her veil. An investigation is underway.
AI-Powered Cameras to Combat School Violence in Morocco, Education Ministry Says
30 April 2025
To curb the rise of violence in educational institutions, the Ministry of National Education is betting on cutting-edge technology. Minister Mohamed Saad Berrada announced the (…)
Land Dispute in Morocco Turns Deadly: Woman Killed in Settat Region
28 April 2025
A woman died last Friday in the Settat region after being the victim of a violent assault. The origin was a dispute over agricultural land.
Moroccan Court Sentences Man to Life for Teacher’s Murder Amid Sexual Assault Claims
27 April 2025
The young man in his twenties admitted to the facts and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Rabat Court of Appeal. He had slit his language teacher’s throat on the (…)
Teen Convicted in Anti-Semitic Attack on Rabbi in Orléans, Faces Deportation
25 April 2025
While maintaining that it was the Jew Arié Engelberg who had assaulted him and that he had simply defended himself, a 16-year-old Moroccan teenager was sentenced to prison and (…)
Moroccan Court Ruling Paves Way for Rape Victim’s Child to Seek Compensation
25 April 2025
Seized by a young mother seeking compensation for her son born of rape, the Moroccan Court of Cassation has rendered a landmark decision.
Teen Suicide Prompts Calls for Stronger Victim Protection in Sexual Assault Cases
23 April 2025
Following the suicide of Yanis, 17, on March 30, after the release of his attacker, the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise) has (…)
Brussels Woman Escapes Years of Abuse in Arranged Marriage
19 April 2025
Nora, a 30-year-old Brussels woman, recounts having endured sexual and psychological violence for five years in an arranged marriage with her distant cousin.