{"id":2026925,"date":"2026-07-04T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2026925"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:49:43","slug":"thousands-of-protesters-march-throughout-france-to-demand-new-law-against-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2026925","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of protesters march throughout France to demand new law against sexual violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/73\/1200x675_cmsv2_dff84948-1138-5398-99e2-e636f0e45686-9825473.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2907296-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907296\" data-cid=\"9825493\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907296-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/81\/189x106_cmsv2_f6d9c1b8-1b58-56b0-910d-7012890be090-9825481.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AP Photo\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Health news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    First Ebola case &#8216;recovered&#8217; and discharged from hospital\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907292-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2907292\" data-cid=\"9825477\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907292-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/77\/189x106_cmsv2_721d0ecf-1b7a-5ee0-8e09-1ee4f3542b94-9825477.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Latest news bulletin | July 4th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Top News Stories Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | July 4th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907286-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907286\" data-cid=\"9825461\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907286-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/59\/189x106_cmsv2_b5ea34b2-d00d-50fa-9780-6402926deeb3-9825459.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ARCHIVE (18.09.2024). 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u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/73\/1536x864_cmsv2_dff84948-1138-5398-99e2-e636f0e45686-9825473.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A demonstration against gender-based and sexual violence sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, 4 July, 2026.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              A demonstration against gender-based and sexual violence sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, 4 July, 2026.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Bouchra Berkane, 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protected Lyhanna and many other victims but did not.<\/p>\n<p>Feminist and child protection associations want the recognition of the &#8220;systemic nature&#8221; of sexual violence, and a &#8220;comprehensive law&#8221; to combat it rather than &#8220;piecemeal measures and laws dictated by the urgency of successive cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot be satisfied with this under-resourced justice system that protects aggressors rather than victims. With 94% of rape complaints being dismissed without further action, there are many aggressors who are reported to the justice system and are not held accountable ,\u201d proclaimed Anne-C\u00e9cile Mailfert, president of the Women\u2019s Foundation, before the Parisian demonstration, which set off shortly after 3 pm from the Place de la Bastille towards the Place de la Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron said he feared for trust in France&#8217;s institutions. &#8220;There have been clear malfunctions. We must now understand what falls under individual responsibilities and what concerns systemic lapses within all the public services involved,&#8221; Macron said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin apologised for what he called a &#8220;huge failure&#8221; in the Lyhanna case, and has instructed prosecutors to review some 70,000 outstanding child sexual abuse cases by 14 July.<\/p>\n<p>Darmanin announced his plan on 8 June, stating that &#8220;not a single senior judge will go on holiday&#8221; \u2014 and nor would he \u2014 until he had met with &#8220;each and every one of the chief prosecutors&#8221; to take stock of the public situation.<\/p>\n<p>The feasibility of this ambitious plan has been called into question in light of France&#8217;s notoriously slow justice system, which has among the fewest professional judges in Europe, according to data from the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers of Saturday&#8217;s protests hope to capitalise on the emotion aroused by the Lyhanna case to obtain the adoption of a &#8220;360-degree&#8221; text ranging from prevention and judicial treatment to support for victims, especially the most vulnerable, which they have been demanding since the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations were announced in some 80 cities, including Agen, Dijon and Toulouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Higher penalties, more time to prosecute: Child sexual abuse victims welcome new EU directive<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Can France&#8217;s justice system really review 70,000 child sexual abuse cases in five weeks?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Trust in France&#8217;s institutions &#8216;at stake&#8217; 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How worried should Europe be?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907107-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2907107\" data-cid=\"9824846\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    One held over Empord\u00e0 blaze that has scorched 1,280 hectares<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2906693-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2906693\" data-cid=\"9824434\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Second World War gun recovered from river in Germany<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Thousands of people gather across France on Saturday to demand government action against sexual violence, following the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl that served as a catalyst for mass mobilisation.The girl, named as Lyhanna, went missing on 29 May in the southwestern town of Fleurance and her body was found in an abandoned silo almost a week later.Anger grew after it emerged that the main suspect, the 41-year-old father of a school friend, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child but the investigations had been dropped or had stalled.The tragedy is seen as a failure of a system that could have protected Lyhanna and many other victims but did not.Feminist and child protection associations want the recognition of the &#8220;systemic nature&#8221; of sexual violence, and a &#8220;comprehensive law&#8221; to combat it rather than &#8220;piecemeal measures and laws dictated by the urgency of successive cases.&#8221;\u201cWe cannot be satisfied with this under-resourced justice system that protects aggressors rather than victims. With 94% of rape complaints being dismissed without further action, there are many aggressors who are reported to the justice system and are not held accountable ,\u201d proclaimed Anne-C\u00e9cile Mailfert, president of the Women\u2019s Foundation, before the Parisian demonstration, which set off shortly after 3 pm from the Place de la Bastille towards the Place de la Nation.Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron said he feared for trust in France&#8217;s institutions. &#8220;There have been clear malfunctions. 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