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Reminder necessary on March 8, reminder issued by
Les Latest Nouvelles d'Alsace
: "
It is not Mother's Day, no more than Valentine's Day or a
" gendered "
commercial operation
and if we want to be precise, this is not even women's day.
No, March 8 is International Women's Rights Day and it's not the same thing at all.
This is not a celebration
, exclaims the Alsatian daily,
not a folkloric and sympathetic event.
It is a day of struggle, even of anger, in front of the tragedies caused by the inequalities between the sexes which are reduced perhaps, a little, here, but which persist and worsen elsewhere.
(…)
It must be remembered again and again because there are so many mountains to move, so many fights to be waged
, again point
Les DNA
.
Against gender-based violence, against harassment, against rape
(nearly 200 in France every day),
against discrimination in hiring, against social or salary inequalities, for the right to dispose of one's body, the list is without end ...
"
"
I raped ...
"
Liberation
publishes this morning the letter of a ... rapist.
This rapist is that of Alma, "
at the origin of the liberation of speech at Sciences-Po Bordeaux, this young woman, now hospitalized for depression, reacts to the letter of her former companion who recognizes the 'having raped two years ago.
She expresses her
"relief"
to see him confess.
"
As for the rapist, he therefore recognizes the facts, notes
Liberation
.
He writes: “
I raped.
(…)
I cry to have destroyed part of the life of the one I loved the most.
But all of this is incomparable to how she feels,
"he wrote again.
Despite everything, he is hopeful that his testimony
" will allow Alma to be rebuilt. "
Alma's comment: "" Let the roles not be reversed: the rapist who speaks must not become a hero because he is doing his
mea culpa
. Let's be clear.
Alma explains that she will file a complaint
"when she feels ready".
Asked about the potential legal consequences, rape within a couple being punished up to twenty years in prison, Samuel replied soberly:
"I will assume the reality of what I have done".
"
François in Iraq: "
Religion at the service of peace and fraternity
"
Also on the front page, Pope Francis in Iraq ...
"
The Pope to the Christians of Iraq:
" you are not alone! "
»Exclaims
Le Figaro
.
"
A man of peace
", headlines
La Croix
.
This visit to Iraq was “
still unthinkable a few months ago, points out the Catholic daily.
In a country where the terror imposed by Daesh left deep wounds, François offered moving images of interreligious meetings that will mark history.
(…)
From his first speech, Friday in Baghdad, the Pope summed up in one sentence the vocation of this very special trip:
"religion, by its nature, must be at the service of peace and fraternity".
"
Comment from the
Telegram
: “
The impact obtained by the message of the Sovereign Pontiff is all the more remarkable as it echoes the desperate helplessness of international organizations.
(…)
We would however be entitled to expect them to contribute to appeasement
(…)
and to act effectively against these dictatorial regimes which do not hesitate to shoot their people, as we see in Burma, after Thailand, Hong Kong, Belarus, etc…
”
George Floyd case: a trial under high tension ...
Finally, the kickoff this Monday of the trial of one of the police officers involved in the death of George Floyd in the United States.
"A trial awaited by the whole world", launches Le Parisien.
Because “the shock wave of the death of this African-American on May 25th had fractured the United States before spreading around the world.
"
"A trial under high tension," adds Liberation.
Indeed, "even when the examples of" excessive use of force "by the police seem obvious to the public, the convictions of police officers, very protected by the law, are extremely rare in the United States, points out the newspaper.
An acquittal of Derek Chauvin could put Minneapolis to the test again.
The mayor of the city, Jacob Frey, has also announced that more than 3,000 police officers from all over Minnesota and soldiers of the National Guard were on standby at the time of the verdict, expected in late April or early May.
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