Tens of Thousands Rally in France for a Comprehensive Law to Fight Sexual Violence
Organisers say 180 associations want a single law covering prevention, prosecutions and victim support after the rape and killing of 11-year-old Lyhanna.
- On Saturday, 100,000 people marched in Paris and approximately 110 cities across France, demanding government action against sexual violence following the rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna.
- Anger intensified after the suspect in Lyhanna's case had twice been formally accused of raping a child, yet investigations stalled or were dropped, compounded by the Women's Foundation claiming 94% of rape complaints face dismissal.
- Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin apologized for a "huge failure" in the case, instructing prosecutors to review 70,000 outstanding child sexual abuse cases by July 14, stating "not a single senior judge will go on holiday."
- Demanding a "comprehensive law," a coalition of 180 associations seeks to move beyond "piecemeal measures" to address prevention, judicial treatment, and victim support rather than fragmented responses.
- President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged "systemic lapses" within public services, stating "We must now understand what falls under individual responsibilities and what concerns systemic lapses within all the public services involved.
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VIDEO - In the wake of the Lyhanna affair, marches are taking place this Saturday against gender-based and sexual violence. "I hope this march will mark the impossibility of going back", explains to RMC the eco-feminist activist and advisor of Paris Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu.
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Tens of thousands rally in France against sexual violence
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in several French cities Saturday to protest against sexual violence, the latest manifestation of outrage that has been sparked by the rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl.
Tens of thousands have demonstrated against sexualised violence in France, and anger is also directed against the French judiciary and its disturbing treatment of the sexual murder of eleven-year-old Lyhanna.
The horrific case has brought tens of thousands of French people onto the streets.
In several French cities, tens of thousands of people have protested against sexualised violence.
In Paris, the organizers claimed 100,000 participants. The associations called for a "full framework law" and a more candid mobilization of the authorities. - Lyhanna case: large-scale demonstrations across France to denounce sexual violence (Society topics).
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