i'm full of admiration for that woman dominique pelicot who is 71, could face up to 20 years in prison. >> activists are pushing for harsher punishments for the dozens of other men accused. cnn's saskya vandoorne has more from outside the court. reporter i've just come out of the courtroom where no cameras are allowed inside, and prosecutors have requested a 20 year prison sentence against dominique pelicot. >> and it's really only when you're inside that the sheer scale of it hits you. row after row of men. most accused with aggravated rape against gisele pelicot, who's sitting just a few feet away from them with her head literally held high across the room from her sits the man accused of organizing these rapes her husband of 50 years, dominique pelicot. his eyes are often closed and his hands are resting on a cane. as for the men on trial, some seem to share friendly exchanges, while others just keep to themselves. many of the defendants could get a maximum of 20 years anchoring women's rights campaigners who have come here asking for heavier prison sentences after months of hearing

dominique pelicot has admitted to all the charges against him, and will be sentenced next month. lmost over. arriving in court this morning, gisele pelicot sounded weary. "yes, it's the final stretch," she said. her children are here, too, grappling with the fear that their father may also have abused them and even his own grandchildren. masked as usual, the 50 men accused of raping gisele pelicot as she lay drugged by her husband have now finished giving evidence. almost all still deny rape, but explicit video footage of their actions has been shown in court. speaking at the trial for a final time today, gisele pelicot condemned "male cowardice." translation: they all raped an unconscious i woman who was unable to give her consent. not one of them reported it to the police. it's time for a change to our macho, patriarchal society, one that trivialises rape. inside the courtroom here, gisele pelicot has been speaking again of her refusal to feel shame as a victim. asked, for instance, about why she kept using the family name "pelicot", she said because she wanted it to be associat

over something like ten years, dominique pelicot allegedly drugged his wife, gisele, and invited more being prosecuted for taking part in this unspeakable business and have gone on trial in avignon. all the hearings are in public because, with remarkable courage, gisele pelicot was determined to bring everything she'd suffered out into the open. the case has had an extraordinary effect on france. the bbc has been making a documentary on it and the producer, marianne baisnee, talked to me about gisele pelicot and what they'd found. since the first day, she wanted this public, this trial to be public. she didn't want it to be behind closed doors. and so women, feminists, ngos are coming to support her because they understood that this is notjust her trial, but a trial for every rape victim in france, and it's a very political trial. what is also very striking is that, in general, for this kind — when you have a rape trial, you have maybe several victims and one defendant. but here, it's totally upside down because you have one victim, 51 men, all their lawyers. so, it's very impressive

in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of making a strong woman submit to himle that the public are here to support. ijust hope that her case will help justice to change. she do it to give strength l to all the women who don't have the courage to go on trial to fight. - the verdicts are still a month away, but it is gisele pelicot�*s defiant image that is spreading, inspiring and perhaps changing france. andrew harding, bbc news, avignon. around the world this is bbc news. the european union hand down sentences at an unprecedented blow to freedom. the british government say hong kong is using security to criminalize political dissent. as an �*unprecedented blow�* to freedoms. the british government said hong kong is using security law to �*criminalise political dissent�*. the us, australia and rights groups have also condemned hong kong�*s largest national security trial as evidence the activists were sentenced to jail terms spanning four to ten years. their crime7 organising a vote to pick opposition candidates for local elections. benny tai 7 a lawyer identif

in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of making a strong woman submit to himher case will help justice to change. she do it to give strength l to all the women who don't have the courage to go on trial to fight. - the verdicts are still a month away, but it is gisele pelicot�*s defiant image that is spreading, inspiring and perhaps changing france. andrew harding, bbc news, avignon. cctv images have been released by the police investigating the murder of 24—year—old harshita brella. detectives believe she was killed by her husband, pankaj lamba. a postmortem has given her preliminary cause of death as strangulation. tens of thousands more pensioners will be in poverty every year due to the restriction to the winter fuel allowance, according to new government analysis. around 50,000 more pensioners will be in relative poverty next year — meaning they'll have less than 60% of the average income. the figure rises to 100,000 more pensioners by 2027. only those claiming pension credit will be eligible from this winter. after six years of presenting the most popular

in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of making a strong woman submit to hime to change. she does it to give strength to all the women who don't| have the courage to go on trial to fight. - the verdicts are still a month away, but it is gisele pelicot�*s defiant image that is spreading, inspiring, and perhaps changing france. andrew harding, bbc news, avignon. new cctv images have been released of the prime suspect in the killing of harshita brella. the cctv shows her husband pankaj lamba in east london. detectives have said he is suspected of her murder — a postmortem suggests she was strangled. her body was then left in a car boot. an international manhunt has been launched for pankaj lamba. new york prosecutors have said they're open to delaying sentencing in donald trump's hush—money case — but object to his criminal conviction simply being dismissed. in may, he became the first former us president to be convicted of a criminal offence. mr trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up payments to the porn actor stormy daniels. 0ur north