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Gisèle Pelicot, the victim of hundreds of rapes orchestrated by her husband, testified again at the trial
Gisèle Pelicot, the victim of hundreds of rapes orchestrated by her husband when she was under the influence of drugs, will testify again in the trial opened in early September in Avignon, in the south of France, to try to clarify some of the points that have been addressed in the process.
The victim’s statement has raised media expectations for the process, which had fallen in recent days, and which should last until December 20.
Pelicot’s lawyer, Stéphane Babonneau, assured France Bleu radio that his client “has heard many things, which have sometimes hurt, hurt and scandalized her,” while pointing out that this new testimony in the middle of the trial “will allow the case to be better judged.”
Symbol against male domination
Turned into a symbol against male domination, Gisèle Pelicot has attended almost all of the trial sessions, has listened to the testimonies of the defendants and the projection of the images recorded by her husband of the alleged rapes.
The last time he took the floor was to denounce “a humiliation” in some of the testimonies and in the strategies of some of the defenses: “They came to rape me, it’s so degrading what I hear in this room.”
In the vicinity of the Court of Avignon, several banners could be seen in support of Gisèle Pelicot and the victims of sexual abuse.
“A rape is a rape,” says one of those banners, while another read “Welcome our sisters in support of Gisèle,” a reference to the group of Spanish feminists who attended the demonstration that took place last Saturday in front of the court in support of the victim.
As is tradition, upon arrival in court Gisèle Pelicot was applauded, as a sign of support for a case that has become a cause with which this woman wants “shame to change sides”, that the victims stop being questioned, as she herself denounced that she was, and that the events she suffered for almost 10 years are never repeated.
Giséle Pelicot: “I also had an exceptional man”
Gisèle Pelicot reminded the women who today supported her relatives accused that she also had “an exceptional man.”
“These mothers, sisters, women, have said that their brothers and husbands were exceptional. I also had an exceptional man, but the profile of the rapist can be in the family, in the friends,” he said on Wednesday when he intervened again as a witness in the Court of Avignon (southeast).
This woman, who has become an authentic feminist symbol in France, explained that every day she goes to trial for all the victims of rape and for those women and men who support her day after day, with applause in the courts and with messages through social networks.
“I have realized that I don’t have to be ashamed, I have nothing to reproach myself for, I have suffered 100 violations,” he said.
He also said that his request for an open trial and his consent to have videos of the rapes shown is because he wants “all rape victims to be able to say that, if Mrs. Pelicot did it, we can do it too.”
“I don’t want them to be afraid, we don’t have to be ashamed, it’s them,” he insisted.
However, she acknowledged that she is “destroyed” at the age of 72: “I am a completely destroyed woman and I don’t know how I’m going to get up. I don’t know if my life will give me to understand everything that has happened to me.”
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Blinken calls for an end to the war and addresses the reconstruction of Gaza with Saudi Arabia
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, asked on Wednesday from Saudi Arabia to “end the war in Gaza and release all the hostages,” while also addressing with the Saudi authorities the reconstruction of the punished Palestinian enclave once the conflict ends.
The head of US diplomacy stressed with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, “the importance of ending the war in Gaza and releasing all hostages,” according to a statement issued by the US Department of State at the end of the meeting held between the two politicians in Riyadh.
For its part, the official Saudi news agency SPA limited itself to reporting that the meeting “the evolution of regional events was analyzed, especially the situation in Gaza and Lebanon,” in addition to the joint efforts that are being made to stop the escalation in the Middle East.
According to the US department, Blinken and Bin Farhan also “continued talks on how to establish security, governance and reconstruction in the post-conflict period” in the Gaza Strip, completely devastated after more than a year of war, which has caused the death of about 43,000 Palestinians.
A “diplomatic solution” in Lebanon
On the other hand, they stressed the need for “a diplomatic solution in Lebanon,” where Israel began a massive bombing campaign on September 23 and, a week later, began a land invasion in the south of the Mediterranean country that has been condemned by much of the international community.
Subsequently, Blinken met with the Saudi crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman, with whom he addressed “the efforts made to stop military operations and face the humanitarian and security repercussions” of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, according to a statement from Saudi Foreign Affairs.
In a previous phone call with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Blinken addressed ways to implement UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the war that Israel and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbula fought in 2006.
Eleventh Middle East tour
The head of US diplomacy landed this Wednesday in Saudi Arabia as part of his eleventh tour of the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, on October 7, 2023, although so far his visits to the countries of the region have not given tangible results for the resolution of the conflict and prevent its expansion in the area.
Yesterday, Blinken highlighted in Israel the need to take advantage of the death last week in a confrontation in southern Gaza by Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, to reach an agreement that allows the release of the hostages.
In addition to Israel and Saudi Arabia, Blinken will travel to Qatar and the United Kingdom until October 25 to “analyze the importance of ending the war in Gaza” and plan “the post-conflict period,” as well as to reach a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon, according to the US Department of State.
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Members of the BRICS alliance call for reform of the UN and more prominence for Latin America and Asia
The countries of the BRICS group called on Wednesday in Kazan for a UN reform, including its Security Council, and a greater role for Latin America, Asia and Africa in world affairs.
“We insist on our support for the reform of the UN, including its Security Council, in order to increase its democracy, representativeness, effectiveness (…) and also the expansion of the presence of developing countries in all categories of Council membership,” says the final statement of the summit held in Kazan.
In addition, it highlights the need to apply “geographical justice” when forming the secretariat of the United Nations and other international organizations.
The BRICS stressed the importance of African, Asian and Latin American countries playing a more significant role in the management of global affairs.
“New centers of strength”
The declaration highlights the emergence of “new centers of strength”, which, according to the group of emerging economies, contributes to the emergence of a “more just, democratic and balanced” world order.
While condemning unilateral sanctions, he defended cooperation in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms in strict accordance with the principles of equality and mutual respect.
But, he added, that human rights include the right to just and equitable development of all countries.
The final declaration also approves the associate-state category, although the summit did not address the expected enlargement of the group requested by countries such as Turkey, Azerbaijan or Cuba.
BRICS, a group founded in 2006 that held its first summit in 2009, is made up of Russia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia.
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Five dead and nineteen injured in the terrorist attack on a military factory in Turkey
The Turkish government said that “with great probability” the attack on a military aeronautical factory in Ankara that caused five deaths and 19 injuries this Wednesday was the work of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
“We are still working on identifying terrorists and their fingerprints. As soon as we have results, we will announce which organization was behind the attack,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told the press in Ankara.
“But when evaluating the images we believe that it is very likely the PKK,” he added in reference to the two young people, a man and a woman, armed with assault rifles that were shot in the attack.
Shortly before, the Turkish Minister of Defense, Yasar Güler, had already attributed the attack to the PKK.
Yerlikaya stressed, however, that the responsibility of the guerrillas is not yet firmly established and that the results of the identification of the assailants must be awaited.
The attack began at 13.25 GMT on Wednesday, when at least two people arrived in a taxi at the door of the Tusas factory, on the northern outskirts of Ankara.
In the assault, five people were killed, in addition to the two assailants, and 19 were injured, two of them seriously injured.
According to NTV, the dead are a security guard and two technicians, while a quarter would be the driver of the taxi with which the assailants arrived at the factory, information not yet officially corroborated.
Explosions and shootings
Today explosions and shootings were recorded at the entrance of the TUSAŞ company’s factory in Ankara, which is dedicated to the manufacture of military aircraft, helicopters and military aeronautical equipment.
A large number of police officers, in addition to firefighters and ambulances, went to the place and, according to the NTV broadcaster, the shootings continue inside the factory.
That media indicates that the factory workers are going to shelters and there is talk of the possibility that some have been taken hostage.
The attackers arrived in a taxi to the factory
The CNNTürk network assures that the attackers arrived in a taxi at the factory and that at least one exploded at the door while others managed to access the enclosure.
Authorities have sent special units by helicopter to the place, local media said.
TUSAŞ develops and manufactures some of the most prestigious military aircraft of the Turkish weapons program, such as the Kaan fighter-bomber, still in project, the Hürjet training plane or the Hürkus small aircraft.
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