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Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar

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  • NameIbtissame (Betty) Lachgar
  • RoleClinical psychologist; co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI); feminist and LGBTQ rights defender
  • CountryMorocco
  • Arrested10 Aug 2025
  • StatusImprisoned (serving sentence)
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Ibtissame Lachgar is a clinical psychologist, feminist, and co-founder of MALI, an organization defending individual freedoms. She was arrested after posting a photograph criticizing religious patriarchy and is serving a 30-month sentence for "causing harm to Islam."

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