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Morocco outraged over suicide of girl who was forced to marry her rapist

(16 Mar 2012) 1. Tilt up from Amina Filali's grave to relatives praying 2. Close of Zohra Filali, Amina's mother, crying beside grave 3. SOUNDBITE: (Darija) Zohra Filali, mother of rape victim Amina Filali: "I have lost my daughter, I have lost her." (Father saying behind: "I opposed the marriage.") "He raped my daughter, he mistreated my daughter. She complained to me that she was mistreated, that she didn't get fed, that he threatened to kill her if she stayed there. I told her not to be afraid, to be patient, be very patient." 4. Wide of Amina's father escorting his wife away from graveyard 5. SOUNDBITE: (Darija) Lahcen Filali, father of rape victim Amina Filali: "He took my daughter by force. When her mother went to look for her, a little boy told her that someone with a knife had grabbed her." 7. Wide of Filali family home 8. Mid of Amina's family sitting in living room 9. Close of sister 10. Close of identity photograph of Amina on table 11. SOUNDBITE: (Darija) Hamidu Filali, sister of of rape victim Amina Filali: "She was always so kind to me. Her dream was to continue her studies and become an engineer." 12. Mid of mother holding up photographs 13. Close of Amina's photograph in mother's hands 14. SOUNDBITE: (Darija) Zohra Filali, mother of rape victim Amina Filali: "He brought disaster upon my daughter. I was obliged to marry her to him because I couldn't permit my daughter to have no future, to stay unmarried. I went to talk with his family. They said he wouldn't marry her and that she was a slut. They told me: go complain to the authorities, we are not afraid.'" 15. Close of photograph of Amina, beside a picture of her rapist husband Mustapha, on table 16. Close of human rights worker speaking to family 17. Mid of family listening 18. Wide of human rights workers and family 19. SOUNDBITE: (Darija) Fat'hya Yakoubi, AMDH (Moroccan Human Rights Association): "The law that leaves it at the judge's discretion to allow marriage must be deleted. A girl who is still a minor must not be married and there should be no exceptions to that. Marriage can never be a solution to rape. It's a crime and must be punished." 20. Various of family walking to graveyard STORYLINE: The tragic suicide of a 16-year-old girl who had been pressured by a court to marry her rapist has highlighted the need for an urgent law change in the north African kingdom of Morocco. The parents of Amina Filali say she took her own life last weekend, after leading a miserable life of abuse with her attacker and his family in the marital home. Amina, who was raped at the age of fifteen, is now buried in a graveyard close to her parents' home. "He raped my daughter, he mistreated my daughter. She complained to me that she was mistreated, that she didn't get fed, that he threatened to kill her if she stayed there," Amina's mother Zohra Filali wept. Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code allows for the "kidnapper" of a minor to marry his victim to escape prosecution, and it has been used to justify a traditional practice of making a rapist marry his victim to preserve the honour of the woman's family. The victim's father, Hamidu Filali, says he was against the marriage but that court officials pushed the marriage option when they reported the rape. He said his daughter was accosted on the street and raped when she was 15, but it was two months before she told her parents. He said the court pushed the marriage, even though the perpetrator initially refused. Filali said he only consented when faced with the prospect of his daughter's prosecution for debauchery. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...