Pages

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Kiss banned in Morocco: teens acquitted !!

Three teenagers arrested in Morocco for posting on Facebook a photo of a kiss were acquitted but the court " blamed " the couple kissing author , said Friday, Dec. 6 AFP counsel.

" They were acquitted of charges including indecent assault and publication of compromising photos , which is already positive ," said Mr. Fattahi monaim .

Aged between 14 and 15 years , the three teenagers were arrested Oct. 4 and held for three days in a juvenile center in Nador, a conservative known city in the north -east of Morocco , following a complaint from a local NGO.

"Kiss -in"

" The boy and the girl kiss authors were ' blamed ' by the court. This is unfair because they are minors and Facebook is a private space ," said Mr. Fattahi .

The arrest of these adolescents had inflamed social networks, and echoed beyond the borders of Morocco . A "kiss -in" unusual was held in Rabat , the capital, on Oct. 12 . Forty people , including a dozen couples had participated and been the subject of violence against share -demonstrators .

The Moroccan Penal Code punishes two to five years in prison "all indecent assault or attempted without violence upon the person of a minor under 18 years."

0 comments

Post a Comment