In April 2001, "[a]n article published in Kelmaghreb noted that homosexuals arrested in police raids are particularly subjected to [...] 'verbal and phusical abuse, humiliation,[and] contempt...[not only] by police officers, but also by others detainess'". As noted by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, the report "indicated that many Moroccan homosexuals carry only a limited number of condoms with them because these can be used as evidence of[...] ' a flagrant offense' if they are arrested in a meeting place for homosexuals" (Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2004, MAR42699.FE-Morocco: Situation of Lesbians; treatment by the authorities and society; state protection available; assistance or other organizations for the homosexual community in Morocco, 3 June- Attachment 9).
In February 2004, an "MAP[Maghreb Arab Presse] article reported that judiciary police had arrested three French tourist, five Moroccan men and one girl for engaging in 'sexually deviants acts', which, according to the article, ' are commonly understood to mean homosexual acts'"(Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2004, MAR42699.FE-Morocco: Situation of Lesbians; treatment by the authorities and society; state protection available; assistance or other organizations for the homosexual community in Morocco, 3 June- Attachment 9).