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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
National
Alison Hird

'Every time there's a big rape case in France, it's like we're just discovering it'

A woman holds a placard reading "Thank you Gisèle" outside the Avignon courthouse during the Pelicot mass rape trial. © AP - Aurelien Morissard

When 25-year-old independent journalist Anna Margueritat covered the Pelicot mass rape trial in the south of France last year, she drew on her own experience as a victim of sexual violence – and in doing so, found a new strength.

It’s been almost a year since Dominique Pelicot and his 50 co-defendants were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting Gisèle Pelicot in her family home after she’d been drugged.

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