https://freerepublic.com/tag/rapemarriage/ en-us Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:32:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981078/posts Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of a 16-year-old girl who was forced to marry her alleged rapist, the government has announced plans to change the penal code to outlaw the traditional practice. … A paragraph in Article 475 of the penal code allows those convicted of “corruption” or “kidnapping” of a minor to go free if they marry their victim and the practice was encouraged by judges to spare family shame. Last March, 16-year-old Amina al-Filali poisoned herself to get out of a seven-month-old abusive marriage to a 23-year-old she said had raped her. Her... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981078/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:32:02 GMT