and why did they have all the time? i should just search the day and take them out for i think the this is a w nearby from that just as petty co is the ex husband is found guilty of all charges as a mass rape trial in france. just said, petticoat is in the afternoon avenue on quote, to hear the verdict 50 other man. i've also been on trial also on the program. women's rights activists in syria. tell dw what they want from the new lead. assess the countries thinks to rebuild after the fall. of a side and rescue was pulled on explore a life from a cave in italy and a difficult operation for the mission. also, alicia's criticism, the

i'm feel going to welcome to the program we started in france were out of criminal courses. did evidence verdict in the just and penny co mass rape trial. dominique petticoat has been found guilty of all charges after drinking and writing is full of my wife and nearly a decade. the very next against the 50 of a man accused of rape and sexual assault, a still being by that said petticoat has become a feminist here around the world. but using a public trial in an effort to help other right victims, people have been gathering onside the cold in the show of solidarity and cheer. she arrived the trial stretched over more than 3 months, and spurred calls for a tough of measures to stamp out the sexual violence. straight to dw correspondent lisa louis, who is inside the quotes in avenue in southern front. a welcome elisa. so

a guilty verdict against the ex husband. what else can you tell us? slow right now. the jacks. just reading out the different word. it full of the about 50. accuse here in of in your fuss a sofa. one of them has been found guilty. maybe not of old charges, but overall it seems like the judges indeed moving into a box direction, the sentences. so how many use that could possibly spend in prison that will be announced right off to what's right. and what sort of lens are they looking at about they're looking at uh, you know, up to 18 years in prison for a very pop from the ex husband. you could face up to 20 unit 20 years in prison. that's at least what the accusation house been asking for. mind you. many people

here at this cool house for you that you know demonstrate is outside for you that they, that should be really tough sentences in this case. so that it could be marked a water, said positively, they're saying it is obvious that these happen because they are videos and these people should now be found guilty and sentenced to long, long time in prison. we will obviously see what will happen later on. this is a case that has attracted attention from around the world and unusual and that the, the victim in this, just as a petticoat i gave up, i have rights to mount an embassy while that's right, that's really quite impressive. so now what's, what people have been repeating over and over again and fronds where, you know, the media have been covering this really on a daily basis in great detail, but also around the world. it is extraordinary. one must say that this woman who has shown such a great amount of dignity every time she walks into this building,

people who are laughing, that were just admiring, have she seems so strong. and yet she said, you know, inside i'm, let's say that i'm absolutely destroyed by what has has happened to me. and yet she insisted she insisted that these videos should be shown to the public. so that everybody should know about what has happened to her. and that same could finally be shifted to the aggressive not actually to the victims. and this case, does it stand to change the law there in front of the well, that's what people are hoping for. a speech to especially to know the family stuff, been talking to earlier today, but also yes, today, and there is a group here which is cool. no. the amazons of avenue who has been pushing up phrases that were said, said inside the court room on holes across the city. so they are saying, you know, this should be really be a moment where things start to change. they have been underlining which is correct

. actually, but in many cases, in many rate cases, face new guilty verdict is very difficult to probably put judges in front. so maybe we'll surround well to say, you know, we're going to send a someone who has maybe raped a human or someone else to prison. so they won't face to change, they won't talk with sentences, and they would also a people to do some soul searching. you know, how can so sorry to be restructured. so there is no doubt, no common nation. well, they quote, may have donation that leads to such excesses that i really no longer acceptable. just keep in mind, but doing that cool case is pull months of, of trial. lots of the accused has been saying, you know, we didn't know who she had given her. come send ones you. that's pretty cool. actually, when these things were happening, she was either asleep or unconscious. sometimes she was snoring. and on the pointed that in the, given that this case has gone around the world, people in a, in a lot of jurisdictions and looking at this and say, well, how is that possible?

how is it possible? but consent is no. so i've talked to when it comes to a rates and sexual assault in front, while that's exactly the question many people are asking themselves and they also some people saying, you know, we should change spot rule that should not be. this is just the definition of rate that is enshrined inferential, but they should also be, you know, a definition of an active, this definition of common sense. so that would mean that people would have to give their octave agreement. and if state jones on any sexual act is considered as a, you know, as sexual assault or right. so people are some people at least asking for that change to happen here as well. thank you for that. lisa lisa and in avenue we'll take a look at some old stories making headlines now as well as defense policies have claimed responsibility for strikes on who feet military targets,

including ports and energy infrastructure in the i'm a huge fraud and massive plumes of dogs smoke have been found body witnesses at a power plant in the capital. so now health officials have confirmed that 1st known severe case of both flu in the us. patient viruses spreading through farm name of populations and has met the government of california to declare a state of emergency. the rest of printing costs is a great to hear tech talks appeal against the law that could bind the video sharing platform in the us. if it's the chinese parent company bite downs doesn't sell, it. justices will hit arguments on the 10th of january of one of the band and also the districts free speech. that's a syria where it's still unclear what shape the comfortable take. now that the outside regime has gone, rides, organizations, according on the countries new rulers, to protect the rights of women and minorities. the w is the abraham. i'm around

that john economy. i've been talking to women fighting for a better future in the syrian capital, damascus. we invited women's rights activists from many different backgrounds to tell us what they want for the new syria, despite their differences, their united and their aspirations for the future state building. so i want to speed up a quality for all citizens, regardless of race, ethnicity, sect, or denomination. still, i want the constitution to treat everyone equally. i want to civilian personal status laws. i want to sing custody rights over my children, that my husband had fun when we started adding on the team and to associate with number one in can i one to him in laws electro laws, citizenship laws and here since laws north around children with unknown lineage these children should be registered under their mother's name, these annoyances. i've no more explicitly be having to get this process because i

want to gender sensitive constitution, it's going on in laws to give women freedom, both in private and public life. have also given these hopes, these women are also worried about what a possible is looms take over. might mean shock because i'm a healthy larry the most about out freedom of freedoms as women, citizens my policy. i worry that we have just changed the name of the machine and that we would get a new dictator and a different form. we had a military authoritarian dictator. i worry, we will just get an islamist one. i worry about political as fun. i am not against islam itself. i am a muslim. so how to a nicole to, to shut the door, the worst scenario would be extremism. physical got an experience similar to the t, ron experience such as after the fall of the chavo. wrong photo. bad. the simple, the shot to get them out on the streets. optimizon is what brings among serious

i don't feel afraid, the fear is gone. we have now started to build a future and the serious as the game. and so i'm, i think the situation is better. my children were far away from me. now my daughter is back in syria after 9 years. and that is, are consistent with, i mean a lot and it was making sure, absolutely in your, on how we use it on people hope to rebuild syria. ah, how this new hold on honey about him not human situation is right and then right, compared to what we expect it to be high, i can this audience everywhere you go into mass. like the one behind the men and women celebrating the falls were started as a women activists regardless of background. also tell me there's still a lot that needs to be done for them to get the syria their dream back are

gathering with the activists. some are already making plans to make their dreams are reality stuff. and now we have been training now. i mean we have attended workshops and so on. but many other women have not had the opportunities we have had. we have had to work in a horizontal way on concepts that we can present to all women for awareness among community. so the way that, let's see that we need to work on psychological support, especially for families of detainees. the people who have seen their children return as an skeleton 7 of them, but in the back of their minds. they're also thinking about what to do. if things do not go their way, love you, bye, and we now have the freedom to proceed. so we will go to the streets and do that. if there are laws against prizes, then we will just please will immigrate. so this will be going to have a non he and his but right now these women active distance from around the country

are building up their network. they know there's work to do so in italy and explore has been pulled alive from a cave in kentucky. the rescue mission involves more than a 150 volunteers, lead bobby italian alpine and k for ask you cool. it's the 2nd time photographer piano, as how to be rescue from the same k system. the end of over 3 days stuck deep underground. injured but alive, speedy ologist, tavia, piano has dozens of volunteers to thank for getting her out of the be so blown up from 10. okay. oh yeah, the same, but a lot squadron got off that we always had a team in the cave working for the there were technicians who are in charge of moving the stretch argument to turn that about a lot, chris. this one of these were teams of $10.00 to $12.00 people on it for the month

. then we always had a doctor and nurse with the patient with the injured person. okay. i did this case a. we had to widen a narrow passage near the spot where the accident happened, and then ah 5 bb g all the way is, which is where did you data via visa, blowing off one channel cape system, is located near the northern natalia and city of better gama it's some 500 meters below ground, with rescue words having to navigate their way through small tunnels and use explosives to reach her. a cave or on top of the piano was exploring an unchartered area of the cave when she felt several meters injuring herself. it's the 2nd time in less than 18 months. she's had to be rescued in the same cave system which has sparked some criticism in italy the boy, it's unfair to criticize people who have the end of the day in our 1st and foremost

know, conducting scientific research. i'm glad you got off that it shouldn't difficult, pretty my to light at the end of what had been a very dark tunnel for all times the piano time. now i have to recover from her ordeal. as reminder of our top story at this hour, it says pending cause for my husband has to be found guilty of all charges and amass and re trial in france. dominique petty colt drugged and raped his former life on the deck. verdicts for another 15 man to murder also on trial, is still big enough to make a wave to rights to an image, the ends become a hero for survivors of sexual on that at the top of the hour. next, on the dw salt film takes a look at disappearances and then migrate to read through venoms on

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