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Morocco Current Event.

Fact/Opinion-  The Moroccan government convicted one man of homosexual acts on March 9, 2016. It is hard to believe country's still run their citizens lives like this in todays society.

This man was also beat on video by a few citizens, this video was leaked on march 25th. These men are also in legal trouble for entering a private house but the punishment is not harsh enough in my opinion.

The Moroccan government do enforce anti-homosexual laws even though the event took place in private. I believe people should be able to do what they choose to especially in their own house.


Causes- The reason why this story was even known about was because one of the attackers filmed the victim getting beat and that got on to the internet. But the real root of this issue is just the way of the past in this country because people look down on homosexuals. If that inequality didn't exist this probably could have been avoided.

Perspectives-  Moroccan Government- Although the men who beat the victims are getting punished, the government is against homosexuals too. I don't know how strongly they do feel about this issue but it doesn't seem like they treat it lightly.

Human Rights Watch- This group want the charges to be dropped but they where unsuccessful. As the name of this group states, they are on the sides of human rights.

Programs- The organization listed in the article, Human Rights Watch, is one trying to help with human rights issues by getting involved with the government in this case.

GNL
Global-There are many different views on this subject and the article doesn't go into great depth on other places opinion.
National- The government in Morocco is clearly for punishing gays even if homosexual acts are done in private.
Local- It appears that most citizens agree with the government based on how big of a deal this seems to be.

GNL
Global- I believe the world is slowly changing to being able to accept new thing in our society. It defiantly  depends were you are  in the world but in general people are getting with the times.
National-I think the government is against this because it is just apart of the culture and some things take time but eventual I think laws like these will be taken away.
Local-I think the citizens don't agree with homosexuals there just because that's how they were raised by their parents and that's how their parents were raised so it is a new concept to get used to.

Think Globally- This issue is still present in our country so it wouldn't be hard to join groups or just have support for them If you want to help make a difference.

Vocab
Convicted- To be declared guilty by a judge.

Uttered- To make sound with your voice.

Brutalized- To attack in a violent way.

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