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During Pelicot Trial, Avignon’s Ramparts Give a Platform to Denounce ‘Rape Culture’

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20 December 2024 at 10:10
By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case.

The walls of Avignon, France, draped with a banner in French meaning “Rape is rape.” The Pelicot trial was occurring in the modern courthouse just across the road.

51 Men Guilty in Rape Trial That Horrified France

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19 December 2024 at 23:53
By: Catherine Porter， Christina Shaman， Laura Salaberry， Ségolène Le Stradic and Rebecca Suner
Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade and to inviting dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted on Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. The court also convicted the 50 other defendants, most of them on rape charges. Catherine Porter, a New York Times reporter, followed the four-month trial and reports from Avignon.

Who Are the 51 Men Convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot Rape Trial?

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19 December 2024 at 16:23
By: Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter
Most of the accused received sentences of eight to 10 years, less than the 10- to 18-year terms that the public prosecutor had recommended.

A lawyer for one of the accused, Paul Gontard, speaking to reporters after the verdict in Avignon, France, on Thursday.

French Senate Votes to Enshrine Abortion Access in Constitution

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28 February 2024 at 20:52
By: Catherine Porter
The vote by lawmakers comes after supporters of the measure in France were galvanized by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

France’s justice minister, Éric Dupond-Moretti, speaks before a Senate vote Wednesday on a government plan to enshrine the “guaranteed freedom” to have an abortion in the French Constitution.

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