Speaking in a packed courtroom in Avignon in September, Gisele said: "I was sacrificed on the altar of vice. It's a dead woman on a bed. This isn't a bedroom, it's an operating theatre.

A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls ... by the notices for plays since the summer theater festival began in the city soon after World War II.

Dominique, dubbed the Devil of Avignon, wept as he was found guilty on all charges of aggravated rape, attempted aggravated rape and of taking indecent images of women including his daughter ...

Gisele Pelicot has been cheered and applauded after leaving the courtroom where her ex-husband Dominque Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging her and allowing other men to rape her.

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Dubbed the Monster of Avignon, Pelicot had already pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, including the aggravated rape of his then-wife Gisele and the attempted rape of the wife of one ...

Addressing the crowd outside the court in Avignon, she said: ‘I am thinking of all the other families affected by this tragedy and all the unrecognised victims. We share the same fight.’ ...

A video on Spring Festival is played during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asuncion, Paraguay, Dec. 4, 2024.

A serial rapist dubbed the “Monster of Avignon” who allowed dozens of men to assault his drugged wife spoke at his trial for the final time today. Dominique Pélicot, 71, begged his wife and ...

People wear the dragon heads they made to celebrate the Spring Festival on Feb 3 in Recife, Brazil. WANG TIANCONG/XINHUA Museums across China have been posting animated videos on Weibo featuring ...

The man dubbed the Monster of Avignon after drugging his wife and inviting dozens of men to have sex with her arrived at court this morning as a judge prepares to announce the fate of his co ...

Mark your calendars, desert thrill-seekers: the Liwa International Festival (aka Moreeb Dune 2024) is back. From now until January 4 2025, Al Dhafra’s sands are pulsing with the roar of engines, music ...