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A celebrity politician has been jailed for rape. Will Czech women be listened to now? | Apolena Rychlíková and Jakub Zelenka|
We helped bring Dominik Feri to justice. His trial should have rattled a complacent political establishment
He was spoken of as an extraordinary talent. A rising star with a million followers on Instagram, who made politics relevant for younger generations. As recently as 2018, Politico ranked him among 28 people who would shape Europe in the years ahead.
But earlier this week, Dominik Feri was sentenced to three years in prison for rape. A man once feted as the great hope of the Czech Republic, and the youngest member of parliament in the country’s history is now its first politician to be jailed for sexual violence.
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After 200 years, women can join the Garrick. Now for the task of making it share power, not hoard it | Jemima Olchawski
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