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Young woman handed prison sentence for appearing in “revenge porn” video

4 Jan 2021

4 January 2021: A young mother of two, Hanna, was sentenced to a month in prison and a fine of 500 dirhams for “public indecency” and “sexual relations outside marriage” after appearing in a “revenge porn” video circulated on social media. Her lawyer said that she had been filmed without her knowledge four years previously by a man currently residing in the Netherlands.

See Le Monde, February 2021 and Morocco World News, June 2021.

Counter-response

Statement by EuroMed Rights against article 490 of the penal code which criminalises relations outside marriage