Sunday 22nd December 2024, 23:18
Time for bed soon. But before then I think I should mention an article I just read in The Guardian about the Pelicot trial. It was about the diminutive Béatrice Zavarro, Dominique Pelicot's defender. The whole trial seems to have been conducted in the most civilized manner.
Blandine Deverlanges, of the feminist group the Amazons of Avignon, whose members have been present to clap and cheer Gisèle Pelicot out of the courtroom every day of the trial, said they would continue their poster campaign.
“We shall keep going because silence only benefits the aggressors,” she said.
“We have a problem of male violence against women and men must do something about it because if they don’t women are going to become so frustrated and angry they will take matters into their own hands.”
Deverlanges said she had spoken to Zavarro after the lawyer was booed by feminists outside the court last week. “I thanked her for having the courage to come out of the front,” Deverlanges said.
“She has maintained a measured and tactful defence that has preserved the dignity of the debate and the integrity of the victim. We are very grateful for that.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/01/gisele-pelicot-is-not-my-adversary-says-defence-lawyer-treading-a-fine-line-in-mass-case
