On August 31, 2019, Raissouni was arrested while leaving a gynecologist's office in Rabat, along with her partner Rifaat Al Amine, her gynecologist Dr. Jamal Belkeziz, and another doctor and an office assistant at the clinic.[4] The police had been investigating the clinic for abortions[4] Hajar Raissouni and Dr. Jamal Belkeziz said she was there to receive treatment for internal bleeding.[4] At the trial, the Raissouni was able to prove scientifically that she had not had an abortion, but she was still found guilty.[5]