(14 Dec 2024)
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Avignon, France – 14 December 2024
1. Various of activists dressed as “Rosie the Riveter” dancing while chanting protest songs in front of Avignon courthouse’s entrance
2. Wide of protesters gathering in front of the courthouse
3. Mid of protesters, one of them holding placard (French) “Victim we believe you, rapist we see you”
4. Mid of protesters holding placards (French) “rapists, we see you” (left) and “rapists shame changes sides” (right)
5. Pan of protesters listening to speeches
6. Close of a protester listening to speeches, carrying a placard saying (in French) “You’re not born a woman but you die of it”
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Protester:
“We are here to denounce all the horrors uttered by the 51 co-defendants and their lawyers during the Mazan trial. We are here to remind you that there is no such thing as rape with reluctance, rape by lobotomy, rape by fear of upsetting, rape by reproduction, rape by coercion, physical rape but not cerebral rape, rape by curiosity or involuntary rape.”
8. Pan of protester Marine Thebaud shouting (in French): “Shame changes sides”
9. SOUNDBITE (French), Marine Thebaud, member ‘Planning familial’:
“We’re here to apply pressure too. We hope that justice will be proportionate to the acts committed against Gisèle, that impunity will end and that people will be punished. Victims, we believe you. We’re here to show support for all victims of patriarchal violence.”
10. Various of crowd singing song in support of Gisèle Pelicot
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Souberan, protester:
"I really support this movement. I think men have their place as supporters too."
12. Zoom in of protesters cheering while a banner is being deployed on Avignon’s walls, saying (in French) “rape has no nationality”
13. Protesters standing up and applauding
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday in Avignon in support of Gisèle Pélicot, whose husband is on trial for allegedly recruiting men to join him in drugging and raping her.
“We are here to denounce all the horrors uttered by the 51 co-defendants and their lawyers during the Mazan trial”, an activist said, carrying placards vowing to “stop rape culture”
A group of women, dressed like the feminist character “Rosie the Riveter” danced in front of the courthouse entrance.
The crowd also sang protest songs, some of them explicitly referring to Gisèle Pelicot’s decision to wave anonymity in a case that has shaken French society.
Pelicot’s courage during the harrowing proceedings has transformed her into an icon for campaigners fighting against sexual violence.
Three weeks ago, prosecutors laid out the verdicts and punishments they want for the defendants. Many of them deny having raped Gisèle Pélicot, saying her then-husband manipulated them or that they believed she was consenting.
“We’re here to apply pressure too”, said activist Marine Thebaud. “We hope that justice will be proportionate to the acts committed against Gisèle.”
The court is expected to deliver its verdicts before Dec. 20.
AP video shot by Philippe Marion
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