In this file photo taken on August 26, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a face mask, looks on as he waits for Senegal’s President to arrive for their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Ludovic Marin / AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday that victims of childhood sexual abuse “will never be alone again” and promised legal changes after thousands came forward with their experiences in recent weeks.
“Today shame is switching sides” from victims to perpetrators, Macron said in a video posted to Twitter, welcoming the fact that “people feel free to speak everywhere in France”.Promising to “punish criminals for their acts in the past and prevent them ever reoffending”, Macron said the law would be updated.
In 2018, France already pushed back the statute of limitations for sexual crimes against minors to 30 years.A flood of testimony under the social media hashtag #Metooinceste followed the early January publication of a book, “La familia grande”, by Camille Kouchner. In it she accused her step-father, prominent political commentator Olivier Duhamel, of abusing her twin brother.
“No-one can ignore these experiences any longer,” Macron said. “We have to hear and gather victims’ testimonies even years, decades afterwards”.
Sexual abuse of children, rape including marriage of children by much much older male adults is commonplace in Nigeria. They are often abused, enslaved and used for election rigging. Currently it's in the process of legalization in the NGRSenate.
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