Gisèle Pelicot’s dignity during the rape trial of her husband has inspired not just worldwide support but renewed debate about the lawA message in large capital letters has been posted on a wall opposite the entrance to the Avignon courthouse. “Gisèle,…
Dozens of accused deny rape, despite video evidence showing unconscious Gisèle Pelicot snoring loudlyTaking the stand in France’s biggest ever rape trial, Patrice N, 55, an electrician from the southern town of Carpentras, said he was a “jovial” guy an…
Supporters applauded Gisèle Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband, and gave her flowers as she exited the courtroom after taking the stand to testify in the trial. Pelicot’s former husband, Dominique Pelicot, crus…
Woman at centre of mass rape trial in France gives testimony in courtAt the midway point of the mass rape trial that has shaken France, the woman at its centre, Gisèle Pelicot, 72, has taken to the stand at the court’s invitation to comment on and resp…
Woman who was raped by her husband and allegedly abused by 50 other men says she is driven by ‘determination to change society’Who are the men accused in Pelicot case?Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who has become a feminist hero for insisting that t…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereEarlier this month the Guardian’s associate editor, Europe, Katherine Butler, spoke to Angelique Chrisafis about why this trial is so unusual and whether it might change French attitides to s…
Dominique Pelicot invited dozens of men to rape his then wife over a nine-year periodGisèle Pelicot, the French grandmother who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, wi…
Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife. Fifty other men may face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty in case that has shocked the worldWarning: this article contains descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assaultA total of 51…
From Australia to Belgium, the French woman at the centre of a mass rape trial has galvanised conversations about sexual violenceShe has been hailed as a feminist hero across France, commended for her courage at rallies across the country and applauded…
Before it was shut down this year, the illicit and unmoderated chat site Coco had been implicated in killings, child sexual abuse and homophobic attacksThe trial of a 71-year-old man has gripped France and horrified the world after he admitted to repea…
The trial of a man accused of drugging and inviting men to allegedly rape his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, has horrified citizens – and revealed how laws on consent and rape need to change• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereGood af…
Women and men march in village where Pelicot’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting men to assault herA silent march took place in support of Gisèle Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday in Mazan, the village where …
Joan K, who was 22 at the time of the alleged assaults, is accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot on two occasionsA French court has begun hearing the cases against six new defendants as the mass rape trial that has sparked horror in the country entered its …
