5 d. ago French parliament votes to add consent to rape law after Gisèle Pelicot case

A historic move to change French criminal law would bring its legislation in line with many other European countriesThe French parliament has voted to add consent to the country’s rape law in a historic move sparked by the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot.The change, which will still need to be signed off by President Emmanuel Macron, will bring French legislation in line with many other European countries. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago France to overhaul rape laws in wake of horrifying Gisèle Pelicot case

The bill defines rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act

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7 d. ago BBC could let staff work from home if they are worried about its policy that allows biological males into women's toilets

The broadcast corporation's review of its policy comes as the Government prepares new policies following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Equality Act earlier this year.

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1 week ago 'Devil monster' woman who raped and murdered French schoolgirl jailed for life

DISTURBING CONTENT: Dahbia Benkired confessed to killing 12-year-old Lola Divet, whose defiled corpse was found in the lobby of the building where she lived.

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1 week ago Woman who raped, tortured and murdered French schoolgirl, 12, jailed for life

DISTURBING CONTENT: Dahbia Benkired was branded a 'monster devil' by the mother of Lola Divet, a 12-year-old girl she confessed to raping and brutally killing in Paris

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1 week ago Crowds demand death penalty for Algerian woman 'who raped, tortured and murdered 12

Dahbia Benkired, 27, is currently facing life imprisonment after allegedly luring schoolgirl Lola Daviet into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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1 week ago French girl Lola, 12, who was 'raped and murdered by Algerian woman' begged 'please don't hurt me' before she was brutally killed, court hears

Dahbia Benkired, 27, an Algerian migrant living in France , allegedly lured schoolgirl Lola Daviet, 12, into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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1 week ago Tormented father of French girl Lola, 12, who was 'raped and murdered by Algerian woman' died 'of grief' following her death, wife reveals as she demands life sentence for daughter's 'killer'

Dahbia Benkired, 27, an Algerian migrant living in France , allegedly lured schoolgirl Lola Daviet into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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1 week ago Katie Price is 'preparing to give evidence in court' after ex

Personal trainer Hayler, 38, is alleged to have committed the offences between June and October 2016 - in the middle of his marriage to the ex-glamour model, 47.

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2 w. ago White House denies report Trump is 'considering' commuting Diddy's prison sentence

The White House criticized reports Combs - who saw his prison sentence shortened when he was acquitted of more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges - could be free.

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2 w. ago Palestine Action's bid to challenge its status as a terror organisation CAN proceed, judges rule, as they dismiss Home Office appeal

Palestine Action's co-founder can proceed with a High Court challenge against the Government over the group's ban as a terror organisation, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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2 w. ago WASPI reaches DWP legal campaign milestone as compensation support grows

The WASPI campaigners are preparing for a court battle with the DWP later this year

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2 w. ago Gisele Pelicot fears she has cancer linked to the multiple gang

The 72-year-oldsurvived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men as she was unknowingly drugged by her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot.

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3 w. ago ‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what happened?‘It is so rare, in fact it never happens, that crimes are so well documented.” Manon Garcia is the French feminist philosopher whose thinking featured so prominently in the final stages of the Dominique Pelicot trial. There are, she points out, 20,000 videos and photos of Gisèle Pelicot “being raped, unconscious, by complete strangers”. One might struggle to understand why, in the face of such compelling factual evidence against her husband Dominique and a further 50 men, prosecutors would need to bring in a philosophical argument to explain why this was wrong. But since they did, they couldn’t have found a clearer or more persuasive voice than Garcia’s, the author of We Are Not Born Submissive and The Joy of Consent.Last November, six weeks into the trial, Garcia ar...

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3 w. ago Man who raped Gisèle Pelicot has prison sentence increased to 10 years

French media say an appeals court has increased the sentence for Husamettin Dogan to 10 years for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious

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3 w. ago French court increases sentence to 10 years for man who raped Gisèle Pelicot in landmark case

French media say an appeals court has increased the sentence for Husamettin Dogan to 10 years for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious

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3 w. ago French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedatedA man has been found guilty on appeal of raping Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged unconscious by her husband – and has had his prison sentence increased to 10 years.Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed builder, who had contested his first conviction last year, faced a retrial this week at Nîmes court of appeal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Only man to appeal against his conviction for raping Gisele Pelicot sees his sentence INCREASED

Husamettin Dogan, 44, was the only one to have maintained an appeal after the first trial last year of 51 men, including Pelicot's husband Dominique Pelicot, in the case of mass sexual abuse.

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3 w. ago Increase sentence for Gisèle Pelicot rapist, prosecutor tells court of appeal

Dominique Sie recommends 12-year jail term after Husamettin Dugan’s ‘refusal to take responsibility’ for assaultThe French state prosecutor has called for the jail term of an unemployed builder to be increased after he contested his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot after she had been drugged unconscious by her husband.Dominique Sie, the lead state prosecutor, told the court of appeal in Nîmes that Husamettin Dogan’s claims of innocence were an example of how rape culture was still widespread in society as part of “archaic” forms of “male domination”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gisele Pelicot's lawyer demands longer sentence for man who denies raping her as French court prepares to rule in his appeal trial TODAY

A French appeal court is to rule in the case of Husamettin Dogan, who claims he saying he never intended to rape Gisele Pelicot and was 'trapped' by her ex-husband Dominique.

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