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.
Violence and assaults
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.
Moroccan Official Reassigned After Assault; Attacker Sentenced to Prison
19 April 2025
Slapped in the exercise of his duties by a Moroccan residing in Canada, the caid of the 7th administrative annex of Temara has been transferred to an internal service of the (…)
Moroccan Teacher Fatally Attacked by Student with Axe, Sparking Education Sector Outrage
15 April 2025
In Morocco, the National Federation of Education (FNE, affiliated with the Moroccan Labor Union) calls for strong and immediate mobilization after the violent assault of a (…)
Drunk Woman Assaults Police in Montauban, France; Eight Officers Injured
14 April 2025
In Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), a young heavily intoxicated Moroccan woman and a man were arrested, placed in custody, then in detention after a violent confrontation with (…)
Viral Videos Spur Rapid Police Response to Rising Crime in Morocco
14 April 2025
Theft, assaults against people and public property with bladed weapons, and other forms of crime have become commonplace in several Moroccan cities. Thanks to the dissemination (…)