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A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review: A paean to dignity in the face of the unspeakable

The Pelicots’ married life was initially happy. Was it her growing success that soured him?

Evening Standard

Rape victim Pelicot recounts tale of survival, resilience in 'hopeful' memoirs

French woman Gisèle Pelicot, a survivor of mass rapes organised by her husband, reveals her trauma and resilience in her memoirs released on Tuesday in France and translated into more than 22 languages.

Radio France Internationale

'Extraordinary purpose can come out of extraordinary suffering' – Emma Thompson lends her voice to Gisèle Pelicot’s courageous story

Dame Emma Thompson hails the 'defiance' of Gisèle as she lends her support in the best way possible

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Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir launches in 22 languages, turning horror into hope for survivors

Gisèle Pelicot has released a memoir that recounts her drugging and mass rape case and sends a powerful message of hope and support to victims of sexual abuse

The Independent UK

'A Hymn to Life': Gisèle Pelicot's memoir recounts rape ordeal and its consequences

Gisèle Pelicot's memoirs "A Hymn to Life" are her first account of her rape ordeal, the subsequent trial, waiving her right to anonymity and the consequences of her choices.

Euronews

‘Everyone needs to see the faces of the rapists’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir reveals moment she went for public trial

Tara Cobham looks at Pelicot’s narrative ‘A Hymn to Life’, which details her ordeal in France’s most shocking mass rape case

The Independent UK

Gloria Steinem pays tribute to Gisele Pelicot

Pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem has paid tribute to Gisele Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial.

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I can’t stop thinking about Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter, the ‘forgotten victim’ of the court case

As the world braces for Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir, my mind remains with her daughter, Caroline Darian

Evening Standard

Gisèle Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview review – you can only gaze admiringly at her strength and grace

Mme Pelicot’s innate dignity shines through, as she explains why she waived her anonymity – after her husband drugged her so that dozens of men could sexually assault her

The Guardian - UK

Gisèle Pelicot moved to tears by messages of support from women in powerful TV interview

French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot became visibly emotional as she watched video messages from women thanking her for her courage during a powerful Newsnight interview broadcast on Sunday (15 February).

The Independent UK

'I carried the shame long enough': Gisèle Pelicot on justice, survival and confronting her ex-husband

Madame Pelicot is the definition of courage and strength resilience, and she wants to inspire others to find their voice

Woman & Home

‘I was sacrificed on the altar of vice’: Gisele Pelicot describes impact of abuse in first televised interview

French rape survivor Gisele Pelicot has described the impact of the horrific abuse suffered at the hands of her former husband and the men he invited to sexually assault her, in her first televised interview.

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot plans to meet ex-husband in prison for answers on other allegations

Pelicot says she wants truth from Dominique Pelicot over potential abuse of daughter and case of estate agent who was raped and murdered in 1991

The Guardian - UK

Queen honours Gisele Pelicot’s ‘extraordinary dignity and courage’

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Gisele Pelicot ‘overwhelmed’ by personal letter of support from Queen

The Queen commended the rape survivor’s ‘extraordinary dignity and courage’

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‘I didn’t believe it was me in the photos’: Gisèle Pelicot recalls horror of learning her husband drugged her for mass rape

‘Perhaps shame fades all the more easily when you’re 70,’ says woman who embodies global campaign against violence towards women in new book

The Guardian - UK

Gisèle Pelicot calls on victims to ‘never have shame’ in her first TV interview

Pelicot says shame is ‘a double sentence’ and describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in police footage

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot recounts moment she was told of husband’s rape crimes for first time

Gisèle Pelicot details the shocking discovery in her new book, ‘A Hymn to Life, Shame Has to Change Sides’

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Ashley James reveals she was raped at university and lived with 'shame' for years

The This Morning contributor, now 38, said she was 21 and studying at University of Nottingham when she was raped by a male friend while unconscious after a night out clubbing

International Business Times UK

UK Man, Philip Young, Compared to French Abuser Who Drugged His Wife and Let Other Men Assault Her

Philip Young and five others face 60+ charges in a Swindon abuse case, drawing comparisons to France's Pelicot trial.

Radio France Internationale

Senior French civil servant accused of mass drinks spiking to humiliate women

More than 200 women in France allege they were drugged by a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Culture who gave them hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. The events occured between 2009 and 2018 but while the accused is under judicial control he is…

Radio France Internationale

'Every time there's a big rape case in France, it's like we're just discovering it'

When 25-year-old independent journalist Anna Margueritat covered the Pelicot mass rape trial in the south of France last year, she drew on her own experience as a victim of sexual violence – and in doing so, found a new strength.

Radio France Internationale

Convicted rapist Pelicot seeks publisher for books written behind bars

The jailed Frenchman at the centre of a notorious rape case is now seeking a publisher for the books and poems he has written from prison.

Radio France Internationale

France changes criminal code to define rape as sex without consent

The French Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual act, making France the latest European country to enshrine the principle of consent in law.

The Independent UK

France to overhaul rape laws in wake of horrifying Gisèle Pelicot case

The bill defines rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act

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