Paris CNN —Seventeen men convicted in the Pelicot mass rape trial have appealed the verdict, according to the prosecutor’s office in the French city of Avignon.
All 51 men on trial were found guilty of rape or sexual assault when the trial concluded earlier this month.
The monthslong, landmark trial shocked France and international observers and forced the country to confront a culture where pervasive misogyny and systemic sexual assault remain rife.
Speaking at the trial’s conclusion outside the courtoom in Avignon, she underscored her solidarity with other sexual assault survivors.
“Rape is rape,” she said in court in November.
Persons:
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Paris CNN
Locations:
French, Avignon, Mazan, France