Lawyer urges change in Morocco laws after child rape case FMTNews FMTWorld
Moroccan lawyer Mohamed Sebbar called for a stepping up of the debate on reforming legislation concerning the protection of minors.
Mohamed Sebbar made the appeal at a news conference on the eve of an appeal hearing by the victim after a court sentenced one of the girl’s three attackers to two years in prison, and the others to 18 months each. The now 12-year-old girl from a village near Rabat was raped repeatedly over a period of months, the Jossour Forum of Moroccan Women said in a statement last month.The case has caused an uproar in the North African country, and a petition condemning the sentences, which were announced on March 20, has amassed tens of thousands of signatures.
Morocco’s penal code allows for prison terms of up to 30 years for the charges brought against the three accused, who were also ordered to pay a combined 50,000 Moroccan dirhams in compensation.
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