Overview

• The Rabat prosecutor’s office placed Lachgar in garde à vue on August 10 after deeming her late-July social-media post offensive to God.
• Authorities cited penal code articles that carry six months to two years in prison or fines up to 200,000 dirhams for blasphemy, with penalties rising to five years for offenses via public or electronic means.
• Lachgar has reported receiving thousands of threats of rape, death, lynching and stoning on social platforms since her tweet went viral.
• Under standard procedure, she will remain in custody for 48 hours before prosecutors decide whether to press formal charges.
• The Association marocaine des droits humains described the detention as arbitrary and warned it threatens freedom of opinion and expression.