Asmaa Kastit, story of another victim of rape and forced marriage

Like Amina Filali, Asmaa Kastit is a Moroccan teenager who just killed himself after being raped. Originally from the rural town of Beni Ammar (Chefchaouen), the girl under 16 could not handle the pressure that her family put it, to force him to marry her rapist. Moroccan living in Spain, the rapist, 39 years old is the brother-sister Asmaa. The latter, after having satisfied his sexual desires has disappeared from circulation.
This time, the Moroccan civil society literally pulls the alarm against the archaism of Moroccan laws on rape and violence against women. "We are facing a bitter reality. In Morocco, the laws do not protect the minor actually raped, "says immediately Najia Adib, president of the association against the rape of minors and pedophilia, Do not touch my children. "The amendment of section 475 of the Penal Code and sections 20 and 21 of the Family Code is proving to be an emergency first-rate," added the activist.
In his words, the rural commune of Beni Ammar is a conservative area where people accuse of indecency families of girls raped. Therefore, the ultraconservative attitudes do not help the government to repeal laws blacklisted. "I do not think the government has, in the near future, to end archaic laws Moroccan. It will require international civil society helps us in that direction, because the mentality of conservative regions of Morocco deep will not change the situation of raped one iota. Nevertheless, it was necessary that these areas are the first victims of the scourge. The case of Asmaa is not less than that of Amina, no less sensitive than non-reported cases of rape and forced marriages performed on minor Moroccan ", Najia Adib develops.
Bassima Hakkaoui on the defensive
At his last press briefing on this issue, Bassima Hakkaoui, Moroccan Minister of Women, Family, Solidarity and Social Development stated that the amendment of the challenged laws will not happen overnight. "Marriages of minors are not always forced. Sometimes judges will submit to the families of the newlyweds. Especially if it's a rape case, "she sees, before adding:" Suicide is raped minors certainly matter alarming. " Also, she mentions that the Moroccan cultural context requires the consideration of the whole Moroccan society, before demanding the repeal of laws which interfere in more than one.