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Video. Protest in Paris denounces rise in femicides across France

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Hundreds gathered outside the Panthéon to denounce rising femicides in France, unfurling banners and torchlit displays demanding stronger government action.

Dozens of activists from the feminist collective #NousToutes held a torchlit protest outside the Panthéon in Paris, drawing attention to new figures showing an increase in femicides across France.

Demonstrators unfurled a 20-meter banner listing the names of more than 1,180 women killed since 2017 and chanted “Not one more.”

Messages criticising the government’s response were projected onto the monument. Protesters demanded clearer legal definitions, more funding and stronger measures to address gender-based violence.

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