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Gloria Steinem pays tribute to Gisele Pelicot

Pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem has paid tribute to Gisele Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial.

The Independent UK

I can’t stop thinking about Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter, the ‘forgotten victim’ of the court case

As the world braces for Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir, my mind remains with her daughter, Caroline Darian

Evening Standard

Gisèle Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview review – you can only gaze admiringly at her strength and grace

Mme Pelicot’s innate dignity shines through, as she explains why she waived her anonymity – after her husband drugged her so that dozens of men could sexually assault her

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Gisèle Pelicot moved to tears by messages of support from women in powerful TV interview

French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot became visibly emotional as she watched video messages from women thanking her for her courage during a powerful Newsnight interview broadcast on Sunday (15 February).

The Independent UK

'I carried the shame long enough': Gisèle Pelicot on justice, survival and confronting her ex-husband

Madame Pelicot is the definition of courage and strength resilience, and she wants to inspire others to find their voice

Woman & Home

‘I was sacrificed on the altar of vice’: Gisele Pelicot describes impact of abuse in first televised interview

French rape survivor Gisele Pelicot has described the impact of the horrific abuse suffered at the hands of her former husband and the men he invited to sexually assault her, in her first televised interview.

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot plans to meet ex-husband in prison for answers on other allegations

Pelicot says she wants truth from Dominique Pelicot over potential abuse of daughter and case of estate agent who was raped and murdered in 1991

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Queen honours Gisele Pelicot’s ‘extraordinary dignity and courage’

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The Independent UK

Gisele Pelicot ‘overwhelmed’ by personal letter of support from Queen

The Queen commended the rape survivor’s ‘extraordinary dignity and courage’

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t believe it was me in the photos’: Gisèle Pelicot recalls horror of learning her husband drugged her for mass rape

‘Perhaps shame fades all the more easily when you’re 70,’ says woman who embodies global campaign against violence towards women in new book

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot calls on victims to ‘never have shame’ in her first TV interview

Pelicot says shame is ‘a double sentence’ and describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in police footage

The Guardian - UK

Gisèle Pelicot recounts moment she was told of husband’s rape crimes for first time

Gisèle Pelicot details the shocking discovery in her new book, ‘A Hymn to Life, Shame Has to Change Sides’

The Independent UK

Ashley James reveals she was raped at university and lived with 'shame' for years

The This Morning contributor, now 38, said she was 21 and studying at University of Nottingham when she was raped by a male friend while unconscious after a night out clubbing

Evening Standard

UK Man, Philip Young, Compared to French Abuser Who Drugged His Wife and Let Other Men Assault Her

Philip Young and five others face 60+ charges in a Swindon abuse case, drawing comparisons to France's Pelicot trial.

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Radio France Internationale

Senior French civil servant accused of mass drinks spiking to humiliate women

More than 200 women in France allege they were drugged by a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Culture who gave them hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. The events occured between 2009 and 2018 but while the accused is under judicial control he is…

Radio France Internationale

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

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.

Radio France Internationale

Convicted rapist Pelicot seeks publisher for books written behind bars

The jailed Frenchman at the centre of a notorious rape case is now seeking a publisher for the books and poems he has written from prison.

Radio France Internationale

France changes criminal code to define rape as sex without consent

The French Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual act, making France the latest European country to enshrine the principle of consent in law.

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The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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?

International Business Times UK

Gisele Pelicot Update: Lone Man Who Appealed Rape Conviction Gets Longer Jail Term

Instead of proving his innocence, one of the convicted rapists in the Gisele Pelicot case will stay longer in prison.

Euronews

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

Husamettin Dogan was tried on charges of aggravated rape by administering substances that impair judgment or self-control, an offence punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Radio France Internationale

Court rejects appeal, ups sentence for man convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot

A man convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot, who survived years of assaults orchestrated by her husband while she was drugged unconscious, has lost his appeal against the verdict. A court in southern France also stiffened his sentence to 10 years in prison.

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 sedated

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