Gay Briton freed in Morocco; no word on his local partner
After 23,738 petitioners complained and British diplomats intervened, Morocco has released a British tourist who had been sentenced to four months in prison on homosexuality charges.
The BBC and The Guardian reported the news of 69-year-old Ray Cole’s release today.
Their articles did not say what happened to Cole’s Moroccan partner, Jamal Jam Wald Nass, age 20.
Like Cole, Nass also was sentenced to four months in prison. Unlike Cole, petitioners and diplomats did not come to his aid.
Under Moroccan law sexual intimacy between individuals of the same sex is punishable by prison terms of six months to three years.
For more information, see the previous article, “8 jailed on homosexuality charges in Morocco, Egypt.”
Related articles
- Morocco: British tourist imprisoned for being gay released from jail (descrier.co.uk)
- Morocco: British tourist jailed in Marrakesh for being “gay” (descrier.co.uk)
- Gay Briton overwhelmed by support (bbc.co.uk)
- Gay Briton freed from Morocco jail (southwalesguardian.co.uk)
- Moroccan jail has left our father ‘looking old and confused,’ says family of man held over gay photos on phone (standard.co.uk)
- British man Ray Cole jailed in Morocco for ‘homosexual acts’ has been released pending appeal (standard.co.uk)