Thousands of protesters take to the streets across France to demand an end to rape and to support the main plaintiff in a mass sexual assault trial that has shocked the country.
Protesters in cities across France voice support for Gisele Pelicot, whose husband is charged with repeatedly drugging and raping her.
Ms Pelicot has requested the trial of her ex-husband and 50 co-defendants since September 2 be made public to raise awareness about the use of drugs to commit abuse.Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across France to demand an end to rape and to support the main plaintiff in a mass sexual assault trial that has shocked the country.
In the southern city of Marseille, activists hung up a banner on the city's court building calling for alleged perpetrators — not victims — to be ashamed.Justine Imbert, 34, had come with her six-year-old daughter. "It allows people to see the faces of her husband and all the others, to see they are not outcasts but 'good fathers'."
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