Suicide of Amina Filali

Amina Filali was a 16-year-old girl from Larache, Morocco, who committed suicide by taking rat poison in 2012 after she was forced to marry her rapist. According to Article 475 of Moroccan law, the rapist was allowed to avoid prosecution by marrying his victim. This incident drew much attention to Moroccan law, and many people expressed a desire to have the law changed.[1][2] Local human rights groups also called for the repeal of Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code which de-criminalises a rape if the rapist later marries their victim.[3][4][5] Two years after the suicide, the parliament decided to repeal Article 475; it was repealed in 2014.[6]

A documentary about Amina Filali was released in 2013, which found that there had been four similar incidents in the town's history[7].

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Schemm (March 14, 2012). "Amina Filali, Morocco Rape Victim, Commits Suicide After Forced Marriage To Rapist". The Huffington Post.
  2. ↑ Lee Moran (14 March 2012). "Moroccans demand change to Islamic penal code after girl, 16, kills herself because judge forced her to marry her RAPIST". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Moroccans call for end to rape-marriage laws". Al Jazeera. March 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Morocco protest after raped Amina Filali kills herself". BBC News. March 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Teen Forced To Marry Her Rapist Kills Herself". Sky News. March 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ Morocco scraps law Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Channel news asia 23 Jan 2014
  7. ↑ http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/10234/exposing-sexual-violence-in-morocco_an-interview-w



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