France mass rape trial triggers soul-searching in Spain

Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero

French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts this week in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero

ABC News - 3h

The ordinary woman who has shaken attitudes to rape in France

The verdicts aren't yet in - but the trial has already started changing the conversations around consent in the country and beyond.

BBC News - 10h

Syria mass graves: Daunting task of searching for and naming the dead

Most of the more than 100,000 people who disappeared in Syria since 2011 are now believed to be dead.

BBC News - 13h

Women's right activists rally in France ahead of Gisèle Pelicot's rape trial verdict

Hundreds of people have gathered in the southern French town of Avignon ahead of the verdict in a mass-rape trial in which dozens of men stand accused

ABC News - 3d

Irish ex-rugby player found guilty of rape in France

Former Irish U20 prop Denis Coulson has been found guilty of the rape of a woman in Bordeaux in 2017.

BBC News - 4d

The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot

The men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been dubbed Monsieur-Tout-Le-Monde as they broadly represent a microcosm of French society.

BBC News - Dec. 11

France’s First Big #MeToo Case Goes to Trial

The actress Adèle Haenel has accused the director Christophe Ruggia of grooming and sexually assaulting her when she was 12. If found guilty, he faces up to a decade in prison.

The New York Times - Dec. 9

Rape trials collapse as victims abandon cases amid long court delays

Courts logjam in England and Wales contributes to doubling in five years of victims pulling out of prosecutions. ‘I’ve had four torturous years’: child abuse victims speak out The number of ...

The Guardian - Dec. 6

US ex-detective accused of kidnap and rape found dead on morning of trial

Roger Golubski, 71, accused of crimes spanning years, found dead in Kansas hours before jury selection set to begin. A former Kansas police detective accused of “the grossest acts of corruption a ...

The Guardian - Dec. 2