Morocco teen girls face trial over homosexuality
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights has appointed a lawyer to defend the girls who if convicted could be imprisoned for between six months and three years.
Authorities in Morocco have pressed charges of homosexuality against two teenaged girls allegedly caught kissing and will put them on trial this week, a human rights group said on Wednesday. Police detained the pair, only identified as 16-year-old Sanaa and 17-year-old Hajar, in Marrakesh last Thursday, said Omar Arbib, an activist at the Moroccan Association of Human Rights, IndianExpress.com reports.
“They were caught kissing and hugging on the roof of a house in Hay Mohammadi district,” said Arbib. “Someone photographed them, sent the picture to the family who informed the police” and the two girls were arrested on the same day, he told media according to IndianExpress.com.
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