Moroccan teenager´s death puts focus on women´s rights

A Moroccan teenager killed herself after a judge forced her to marry her rapist. The 16-year-old girl, named as Amina Filali, ate rat poison after a Tangier court which was supposed to be punishing her 26-year-old attacker decided that they should instead be wed.

This is because Moroccan laws exempt a rapist from punishment if he agrees to marry his victim.

Last year Afghan 21-year-old Gulnaz was jailed for ‘adultery by force’ after she was brutally raped by her husband’s cousin.