The child protection NGO “Matkissh Weldi” recently issued a statement titled “Sexual exploitation and Sex trafficking” and posted it on their official Facebook page. The statement called for the former ambassador who was involved in the sexual exploitation, trafficking, and prostitution of underage girls to face the harshest penalties possible, disregarding any appeals for mitigating circumstances.

The investigating judge at the court of appeal in Rabat issued a warrant for the former ambassador’s arrest and prosecution for the offenses of “Human trafficking and sexual exploitation of underage girls.”

The Organization declared that it had been following the situation and had taken a strong stance against what it called the man’s “unethical, shameful, and despicable” conduct, which was not appropriate for his position as a Moroccan diplomat and former ambassador, whose responsibility it is to represent our country as effectively as possible.

“Matkissh Weldi” denounces his actions of enticing youngsters to engage in prostitution and taking dubious photographs as well as grooming and inciting them to do so. He also calls for a thorough examination of the dubious photographs and the identification of any potential collaborators.

A reliable Hespress source claims that the group is getting ready to form a civil party to represent the minors who were injured in this case, which attracted national attention.

“The law is above us all,” and “this isn’t about settling accounts or taking sensitive posts into consideration; This is about his unethical practices as a person and as a Moroccan citizen, which makes him nothing more than a pedophile,” Najat Anwar, the Organisation’s Chairwoman said.

The activist defended childhood rights in Morocco, calling for the law’s exemplary and punitive

role to deal the hand of justice in this case.

“We always demanded that penalties and sanctions be harsh for sexual assault of any kind on children, as on the recent trial of the rapists of a Tifelt child, and we are still demanding for 20 years in prison as a minimum sentence in criminal law for sexual assaults on children, and imposing it on everyone, without exceptions, for the law is above us all.”

“The call for tightening criminal provisions is because of the heinous and horrible exploitations and incitement of underage students into prostitution . How could we ever hope to convince them that a bright professional career awaits them when they earned sums reaching 500dh an hour?”

Anwar renewed their call to “carry out the harshest of sentences on whoever dared to taint and exploit our children and minors, so that they could be an example for every rapist hidden in plain sight.”

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An assembly was held outside the Court of Appeal in Rabat today as part of the “Spring of Dignity” coalition’s protest of the three men who raped an 11-year-old girl and received light sentences.

In order to protest the verdict and demand justice for the young victim, a number of groups that strive to safeguard women and children, as well as NGO leaders and locals, assembled in front of the court in Hay Riad.

A substantial number of participants and protestors showed there to voice their indignation at the decision.

The Spring of Dignity coalition and a number of organizations have closely followed the case. The offenders, who frequently molested the girl for eight months and caused her to become pregnant, received a sentence of just two years in prison, which is much less severe than what the Moroccan penal law calls for.

According to Latifa Bouchoua, the former president of the Federal Women’s Rights League, “we as a coalition oppose these sentences and are here to convey our discomfort with the plight of the children and women,”

According to Bouchoua, these sanctions do not equal the cruelty of “the collective and continual rape of the child.”

The former president added, “This is one case of many that occurs in our country; we routinely experience incidents like this that don’t generally make it to the public.”

The former president of the Federal League for Women’s Rights expressed her concern for the kids and their families and requested that the Moroccan court system respond with justice and support for rape and abuse victims.

The rally was organized by the coalition to oppose the court’s verdicts and punishments, which, according to the activist, “do not appropriately reflect the gravity of Morocco’s problem with pedophilia and the sexual exploitation of children and women.”

Also present at the rally was Khaoula Assebab, president of Jossour Forum Les Femmes Marocaine, who made a point of saying that they will “continue support for the young girl raped by three adults.”

The militant claims that the victims are not helped by the “unfair sentencing to the big offense.”

The spokesperson of the NGO argued that “tight rules and serious verdicts in such situations must be imposed,” adding that “this worsens the situation for women and children in Morocco and makes the victims hesitant to seek justice.”

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A petition with thousands of signatures from Moroccan civilians criticizes the lenient prison terms given to three defendants who were charged with raping an 11-year-old girl in the town of Tiflet in northwest Morocco.

Yassmine Chami, a Moroccan author, started the petition and called the punishment a “despicable” decision.

The petition states that the petitioners are “outraged by the terrible ruling, which convicts criminals who raped one of our eleven-year-old children to merely two years in prison.”

The appeal stated that the raped woman gave birth to her first child at the young age of twelve after experiencing continuous rape and sexual assault.

The petition also demanded the reconsideration of the case in order to change the punishment imposed on the offenders, as well as the creation of an observatory or independent system to report any flaws discovered during cases involving violence against women and children.

The petition expresses outrage and growing concerns over the low punishment imposed by the criminal division of the Rabat Appeals Court, which on March 20 sentenced three males involved in repeated rape against a juvenile to two years in prison.

At the time of writing, the petition had gathered more than 11,000 signatures.

The lenient punishment was criticized by citizens, activists, and organizations as “unfair.”

According to the Moroccan organization Jossour Forum for Moroccan Women, the victim was given an unfair verdict.

Soumaya Naamane Guessour, a sociologist and university lecturer, wrote an open letter to Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi last week to protest the “unbearable leniency of the punishment.”

The court’s “incomprehensible normalization” of a culture of rape and impunity was also denounced by the sociologist.
Commenting on the decision, Ouahbi expressed his disbelief.

According to Ouahbi, who was mentioned in local media, “The rape case of the child struck us all and made us wonder, as a society, whatever steps should we reinforce and adopt, on a statutory, intellectual, and educational level, to safeguard children from rape.”

Despite the complaints and commotion, the court hasn’t made any statements or decided to change the ruling.
In order to protest the low sentence, the Moroccan organization Spring of Dignity scheduled a sit-in on Wednesday, April 5.
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