Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by HARDING Andrew
Each morning, the queues began forming before dawn. Groups of women – always women – stood in the autumn chill on a pavement beside a busy ring road, outside Avignon’s glass and concrete courthouse.
Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
Each morning, the queues began (…)
, by TOBIN Tadgh
The mass rape trial that shook France is entering its final phase after ten weeks. But its implications for how we think about sexual violence and who experiences it will last much longer.
Gisèle Pelicot, 72, testified to her ex-husband’s repeated, long-term sexual abuse. Dominique Pelicot (…)
, by THOS Aurélie-Anne
The so-called ‘Mazan rape trial’ commenced in France in early September. Over the next four months, 51 men will be tried for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot, drugged by her husband Dominique Pelicot who also recruited these men on the internet. Aurélie-Anne Thos contextualises the events and the (…)
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