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Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
Some activist groups in Morocco are campaigning to repeal the law (Article 475) that allowed this terrible practice of requiring a rape victim to marry the rapist.
Here's an online petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/urge-morocco-to-create-amina-s-law-and-punish-child-rapists#
Some articles which provide additional background on this case:
http://www.thejournal.ie/campaign-for-moroccan-legal-reform-after-teen-rape-victims-suicide-386735-Mar2012/ Campaign for Moroccan legal reform after teen rape victim’s suicide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/morocco-outraged-over-suicide-of-rape-victim-forced-to-marry-rapist/2012/03/14/gIQAxBQzBS_story.html Morocco outraged over suicide of girl who was forced to marry her rapist
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/morocco-says-tougher-line-rape-marriages-051140771.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-africa-17379721?SThisFB
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