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Morocco Jails Lecturer for One Year in Prison over ‘Sexual Harassment’

Members of a women's rights association during a press conference about sexual aggression against women in universities = FADEL SENNA AFP

A Moroccan court has jailed a lecturer for a year for sexually harassing a female student, a lawyer said Saturday, as a “sex for grades” scandal rocks the kingdom’s academic institutions.

“The defendant was found guilty of sexual harassment by the Tangiers court of first instance,” lawyer Aicha Guellaa told AFP.

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