MAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that ...

The town of Mazan, where Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband and strangers, has been shaken by the revelations. “It feels a bit like it’s in our family,” one resident said.

In Mazan, though, few want to talk about the case. Most of the citizens in the town of about 6,000 are fed up, angry that their home has become synonymous with rape.

Most lived in south-eastern France within a 60km radius of the village of Mazan, where the Pelicots retired. One, Simoné Mekenes, 43, was their next door neighbour.

And in Mazan, the town of about 6,000 people where Dominque Pelicot admits he recruited dozens of strangers to rape his wife, many of the villagers are angry that their home has become synonymous ...

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MAZAN, France — This quaint village nestled among rolling hills in the south of France seems an unlikely setting for a crime so horrific it strained belief: Over a decade, police say dozens of ...

France announced Monday a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial ...

Dominique Pélicot admitted to drugging and raping his wife for over a decade, while inviting close to 100 other men in their community in Mazan, France, to come over and also rape her while she ...

The trial for what has become known as the “Mazan rapes case” began last September and will continue until the end of the year. Between July 2011 and October 2020, in Mazan, a small town near Avignon ...

Hey there, time traveller! This article was published 20/09/2024 (280 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.. MAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines ...