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French village of Mazan torn apart by horror of mass rape trial

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69% Informative

Dominique Pelicot was too sick to give evidence at the trial of 51 alleged rapists.

His wife, Gisèle , 72 , told the court that her calm demeanour masked a “field of devastation’s.

She has waived her right to anonymity to highlight the danger to women of being drugged and sexually attacked known as “chemical submission’.

Gisèle Pelicot has declined her own legal right to privacy, preferring instead to become a symbol of defiance for many French women.

She has become a campaigner on the issue of rape and drugs a problem many experts believe is under-reported and under-investigated in France .

VR Score

70

Informative language

66

Neutral language

66

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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