Article 490
Article 490 of the Moroccan Penal Code (Arabic: الفصل 490 من القانون الجنائي المغربي[1]) criminalizes extramarital sexual relations in Morocco.[2][3]
Text[edit]
The text of the article reads as follows:
الفصل 490:كل علاقة جنسية بين رجل وامرأة لا تربط بينهما علاقة الزوجية تكون جريمة الفساد لا يعاقب عليها بالحبس من شهر واحد إلى سنة.[4]
Article 490: Every sexual relation between a man and a woman not bound by wedlock is a crime of corruption punished by imprisonment from a month up to a year.
Reactions[edit]
The "moroccan outlaws"" campaign (Arabic: خارجة على القانون, French: Hors-la-loi), with the express goal of ending Article 490, began as a manifesto and petition during the trial of the Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni.[5] The movement was led by the filmmaker Sonia Terrab and the writer and French Francophone affairs minister Leïla Slimani.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ "ائتلاف "خارجة عن القانون" المغربي يتوج بجائزة سيمون دي بوفوار لحرية المرأة". فرانس 24 / France 24 (in Arabic). 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "دراسة: أكثر من نصف المغاربة مع تدريس التربية الجنسية في المؤسسات التعليمية". al3omk.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Hard-up hoteliers want Morocco to legalise premarital sex". The Economist. 2021-11-13. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "نصوص عامة".
- ^ a b "" Nous, citoyennes et citoyens marocains, déclarons que nous sommes hors la loi "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Moroccan women say they are abortion 'outlaws' in protest at journalist's trial". France 24. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Macron appoints author Leïla Slimani to champion French language". the Guardian. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2021-11-16.