Hundreds of people staged an angry protest Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Casablanca against sexual harassment after footage of a woman being assaulted on a bus caused outrage across the North African country.
“We are not afraid! Liberate public space!” chanted the protesters, gathered in the centre of Morocco’s economic capital, near where the assault took place.
Six teenage suspects were arrested on Monday after footage emerged online showing bare-chested teenagers assaulting a weeping young woman in broad daylight, laughing as they touched her private parts.
“Nobody can remain indifferent ... It concerns us all,” said actress and theatre director Fatym Layachi, who was among around 300 protesters.
“It just so happens that this drama was filmed, we heard about it. I can’t imagine how many similar dramas happen every day on buses or elsewhere in public places. This has to stop.”