About Morocco
 official name: Kingdom of Morocco
capital: Rabat
head of state: King Mohamed VI
head of government: Prime Minister Driss Jettou (2002)
state: constitutional monarcy
population: 33,241,259 (July 2006 est.)
independence: from France in 1956
languages: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French
religion: Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Legal Wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent: 15
laws covering homosexual activity: Homosexuality is criminalized under Section 489 of the Penal Code [of 26 November 1962] which provides a penalty of between 6 months and 3 years' imprisonment and additional fines from 120 to 1000 Dirhams for "lewd or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex".
background information and government attitudes: Morocco has long been known for its liberal attitudes and was a holiday haven for European gays in the early 20th Century. However as a principally Muslim country and with fundamentalism on the rise this is no longer the case. In January 1997 the Washingon Blade reported that a 28-year-old Moroccan man was granted asylum by the United States, having fled violent beatings at the hands of his own father and the threat of imprisonment by the Moroccan government because he was gay.
Communication
mainline telephones: 1,341,200 (2005)
cellular telephones: 12.393 million (2005)
internet country code: .ma
internet service providers: 3,218 (2006)
internet users: 4.6 million (2005)
Articles:
 human rights organisations urge morocco to start protecting homosexuals
by Mask Admin 23/4/2008
Morocco � April 23, 2008: Human Rights Watch and the Moroccan Human Rights Association have urged the Moroccan government to protect the rights to privacy and fair trial of its citizens regardless of their sexual orientation.
les lesbiennes du maghreb et du moyen orient mettent au d�fi l�homophobie dans les r�gions islamis�es.
by Abeli Zahabu 7/4/2008
Maghreb � 07 Avril 2008 : Pour la premi�re fois, les lesbiennes originaires du Maghreb et du Moyen Orient vivant � Montr�al s�organisent pour lutter contre la lesbophobie et promouvoir les droits des Lesbiennes, Bisexuelles, Transsexuelles et Transgenres (LBTT) dans leurs pays d�origine.
lesbians to challenge homophobic muslim region
by Mask Admin 3/4/2008
AFRICA ABROAD � April 3, 2008: For the first time in history, lesbian women abroad in Canada have organised themselves to fight for the lesbian, bisexuals, transgender and transsexual (LBTT) rights for the Magrheb (Sahara) region.
human rights watch calls for release of moroccan homosexuals
by Abeli Zahabu 14/12/2007
MOROCCO � December 13, 2007: The international Human Rights Watch has called for the release of six men sentenced to prison for homosexual conduct in Morocco, arguing that the convictions violate the men�s rights to privacy.
activist: moroccan assaulters often gay themselves
by Mask Admin 31/7/2007
MOROCCO � July 31, 2007: Moroccan gay activist Chafik Gadir believes that much violence by Moroccans against homosexuals stems from repressed homosexual feelings of the perpetrators.
 peines de prison pour production de films pornographiques homosexuels au maroc by Mask Admin 6/3/2006
rsf calls for immediate release of editor who has completed one-year jail term by Mask Admin 3/11/2005
ty-ing it all together: remembering saadia by Mask Admin 26/10/2005
le maroc vainqueur by Mask Admin 7/7/2005
des homosexuels sont actuellement les victimes de l'arbitraire policier au maroc by Mask Admin 2/7/2005
le maire de marrakech contre les homos by Mask Admin 2/6/2005
large campagne homophobe au maroc by Mask Admin 1/6/2005
moroccans jail briton for gay sex by Mask Admin 4/10/2004
prison for gay outing editor by Mask Admin 3/6/2004
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