By Omar Bihmidine
Morocco World News
Tangier, July 16, 2013
According to the statistics recently disclosed by “Don’t touch my Child” Association, 70 children are raped every day in Morocco. The rampant phenomenon of pedophilia, the association warned, must be curbed before more children fall prey to this plight.
“The government must take more serious measures to combat the spread of pedophilia in Morocco as the initiatives taken aren’t enough. Otherwise, the number of victims will double sooner or later,” members of the association said in an interview with the daily newspaper Akhabr Al Youm.
According to a report to the same source more than 26,000 cases of pedophilia are reported every year in the country.
The National Council for Human Rights, along with other associations, are currently preparing a report that will feature the minute details of pedophilia in Morocco, reported Akhbar Al Yaoum.
“We must face this bitter reality with all the weapons we have before this phenomenon plagues our society and endangers our children’s lives, “a Moroccan father told MWN.
“Children are the apples of our eyes; touching them in any way is like touching our eyes,” a Moroccan mother told MWN.
It is worth noting that the Democratic Progress group in the parliament has recently urged the government, and all associations concerned with the issue, to intervene and put an end to the daily sufferings of Moroccan children as a result of pedophilia.
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