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Monday 27 noveMber 2017

France to tackle violence on women; Italy grapples with same

By ELAINE GANLEY tional Day for the Elimina-
FRANCES D’EMILIO tion of Violence Against
Associated Press Women by noting with
PARIS (AP) — dismay that the “Wein-
French President Emman- stein case” hasn’t inspired
uel Macron on Saturday women to speak out on
launched an initiative to workplace harassment or
combat violence and ha- assault like it has in the Unit-
rassment against women in ed States and other parts
France, aiming to erase a of Europe.
sense of shame that breeds Laura Boldrini was referring
silence among victims and to the onslaught of revela-
changing what he said is tions after sexual harass-
the country’s sexist culture. ment and assault allega-
In a nearly hour-long tions against Hollywood
speech at the Elysee Presi- producer Harvey Weinstein
dential Palace, Macron were made public.
noted that 123 women “The Weinstein case lift-
died in attacks against ed the lid on the shame
them in France last year. of (sexual) abuse” in the
Holding a moment of si- glamorous world of U.S. cin-
lence for them, he de- ema, “setting off an ava-
clared: lanche in many other areas Protestors hold a banner reading “Forever and everywhere against violence against women”
“It is time for shame to of society,” Boldrini said, during a demonstration for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,
change camps.” addressing a special gath- in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017.
In neighboring Italy, the ering in which all the 630 (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
head of the Chamber of seats, usually occupied by lower house, were instead student who was strangled their home after she found
Deputies marked Interna- lawmakers in Parliament’s filled by guests who came and her corpse set ablaze the courage to flee to safe-
to speak of their rebellion by her former lover after ty with their children; a Ni-
against being victims of she broke up with him; a gerian who was trafficked
men. woman whose child was into a prostitution ring the
Among the invited: a slain by her estranged day she set foot in Italy.
woman who survived be- husband to avenge their Boldrini lamented that Italy
ing stabbed repeatedly in failed marriage; a Moroc- hasn’t seen a similar out-
the back by an ex-beau; can immigrant whose abu- pouring of accusations of
the mother of a college sive husband burned down workplace harassment. q
2 questioned by UK police in London

By GREGORY KATZ Circus subway platform about gunfire, indicated
Associated Press Friday afternoon, sparking that Londoners remain on
LONDON (AP) — Two men panicky, false reports that edge after a year marred
sought by authorities after guns had been fired. by numerous extremist at-
an altercation at a central Several people were in- tacks.
London subway station that jured and nine were taken British Transport Police had
led to panic at the heart of to hospital, including one released photos of the two
the Oxford Street shopping with leg injuries, after chaos men on Friday night and
district turned themselves erupted in the packed sta- appealed for information
in to police for questioning tion on Friday. about the incident.
Saturday, officials said. Panic spread quickly near Police initially treated the
Two men aged 21 and 40 the Oxford Circus subway reported gunfire as a pos-
went to a police station station on Black Friday, one sible terrorism incident and
voluntarily after a public of the busiest shopping social media was filled
appeal was launched, Brit- days of the year. with alarming false reports
ish Transport Police said. But police said after evac- about shooting at several
Both were interviewed by uating two subway stations locations.
police. They haven’t been that there were no indica- The singer Olly Murs contrib-
identified or charged with tions that any shots had uted to the confusion by
any crime. been fired. tweeting about gunfire at
Authorities believe the two The public response to the the famous Selfridges de-
men had some type of con- altercation, fueled by un- partment store on Oxford
frontation on the Oxford founded social media posts Street.q