Trial of the Mazan rapes, revelations about Abbé Pierre or rape followed by the murder of Philippine: dozens of demonstrations took place on Saturday October 19 in front of the courthouses of France for “denounce rape culture”at the call of several feminist groups.
One of them, Dare Feminism, asks for a “institutional revolution”in particular so that the “justice is finally served to the 94,000 victims of rape and victims of sexual assault each year in France”.
In Lyon, more than 300 people gathered in front of the courthouse, some of them dressed like Rosie the Riveter, overalls and a red scarf with white dots tied on their heads, a popular culture character who has become a symbol of emancipation. women.
In Paris, around a hundred people gathered in front of the judicial court, holding signs and slogans demanding “let shame change sides” or “What does justice do? ». “Stop the denial”was written on another sign, when another message read: “0.6% of convicted rapes, you can do better. »
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“Stop the dismissal”
In Marseille, where around thirty people gathered, several demonstrators held a sign bearing the image of Gisèle Pelicot, chanting “stop the non-place” et “conviction for rapists”. For Valentine Caffè, 50 years old, the Gisèle Pelicot affair is “almost a textbook case”who can “to tip the law”hoping that France takes the example of Spain, for example, whose law Only yes is yes (“Only yes means yes”) decides that it is up to the aggressor to prove that there is consent.
In front of the Toulouse courthouse, there were around a hundred demonstrators at the start of the afternoon in front of a large banner reading “Rapist outside university hospital”. The Haut-Garonne mobilization had, in fact, a particular connotation, while a medical student sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault must return to the Toulouse medical internship in November.
In September, 10,000 people marched in the streets of France in support of Gisèle Pelicot, who refused to hold the trial of her ex-husband behind closed doors, who drugged her to rape her and had her raped by dozens of strangers. . Fifty other men, aged 36 to 74, are on trial alongside her now ex-husband. “I dedicate [ce combat] to all people, women and men, across the world, who are victims of sexual violence”she declared to the press.
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