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| Region | Morocco |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | Nov 26, 1962 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. The 1962 Penal Code criminalises "obscenity" in public under Article 483 which has been used to persecute LGBTIQ+ people. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”. Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2-04-969 in 2005, which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up. LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities. |
| Sources | https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/568119 https://www.icnl.org/research/library/morocco_act-2002-en/ https://www.icnl.org/research/library/morocco_reg-2005-en/ https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/528267_MOROCCO-2023-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Cleaning up the whole entry.
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| Start Date | 2005 | Nov 26, 1962 |
| Description | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”. Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2?04?969 (2005), which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up. LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities. | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. The 1962 Penal Code criminalises "obscenity" in public under Article 483 which has been used to persecute LGBTIQ+ people. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”. Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2-04-969 in 2005, which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up. LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities. |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-Kif_(organization) https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf | https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/568119 https://www.icnl.org/research/library/morocco_act-2002-en/ https://www.icnl.org/research/library/morocco_reg-2005-en/ https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/528267_MOROCCO-2023-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf |
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| Value | Other punishment | State-enforced |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2005 |
| Description | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”. Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2?04?969 (2005), which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up. LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities. |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-Kif_(organization) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-Kif_(organization) https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf |
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| Value | No censorship | Other punishment |
| Description | In Morocco, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-Kif_(organization) | |
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| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Morocco, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. |
| Sources | (empty) |
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- Status is not correct "Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. The LGBT rights organization Kif-kif has not been recognized officially by the government despite their several attempts to get registered. On top of that, their LGBT magazine is not recognized by the government either and has to be clandestinely distributed. The organization mainly operates from Spain and their magazine is also printed there. This is blatant censorship. Saying that "there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics" is simply wrong. Please refer to the sources under this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-Kif_(organization)"