Thousands Protest in France and Brussels to Denounce Sexual Violence

Thousands of people took to the streets in 30 French cities and Brussels on Saturday to protest rape and sexist violence and to support Gisèle Pélicot, a woman in her early 70s whose husband of 50 years is on trial for drugging her periodically and inviting dozens of men into their home to rape her while she was unconscious. Pélicot has become a symbol of the fight against sexual violence in…

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