The feminist activist Ibtisame Lachgar, who was accused of “attack against Islamic religion” after publishing a photo on social networks where she appeared with a shirt where you could read “Allah is a lesbian”accompanied by a text that described Islam as “fascist, misogynist and falocratic”, has received the rejection of the Moroccan Court for its provisional release.
The defense of the woman, who is 50 years old, had made such request claiming her poor state of health, because she says, the activist “It has cancer “and” needs medical and psychological attention “, As the newspaper collects Hespress, He adds that his provisional release was necessary to undergo urgent operation in his left hand, where he suffers a partial amputation.
The woman, founder of the alternative movement for individual freedoms (Mali), was after unleashing a wave of criticism in the social network where she published the image, where some people They even asked for their stoning. Currently, the activist is in isolation in a prison that is near the capital, Rabat, where it was admitted two weeks ago.
It should be noted that, although Morocco does not collect as a crime the criticism of Islam, the Criminal Code Yes, it sanctions offenses to religious symbols through defamation. In addition, in the event that said offense has been collected and disseminated by the media, the conviction can rise.
From the Moroccan Association of Human Rights, as the newspaper collects They have defended that the rejection of the Prosecutor’s Office to provisional freedom has been carried out “despite the relevance of the medical and legal reasons that support the request for defense.” “This decision shows a spirit of revenge that prevails about the guarantee of the rights of the accused”sentence the leader of the organization, Jadiya Ryadi.
