PARIS: Lots of of individuals, principally girls, gathered in cities round France on Saturday (Sep 14) in assist of Gisele Pelicot, a girl whose husband is on trial, accused of drugging her and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over almost a decade in a case that has shocked the nation.
Feminist associations have referred to as for some 30 gatherings in cities starting from Marseille to Paris, the place on the Place de la Republique banners learn “Help to Giselle” or “Disgrace Should Change Camp” or “Victims We imagine you”.
As her extraordinary story has rippled by way of France for the reason that trial started earlier this month, Pelicot, now aged 72, has turn into an emblem of braveness and resilience and of the combat in opposition to sexual violence.