Testimonies on incest, fears of an exodus in Nagorno-Karabakh and flood alerts

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Launched by the government in January 2021, the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children is on hold, its mission ending in three months. While waiting to know if it will be extended, which it wishes, the Ciivise is publishing this Thursday an analysis of the approximately 27,000 testimonies it has collected.

In this document, she shows in particular that the way in which victims’ words are received then impacts their lives, their health, and their addictive behavior. The Commission therefore provides ideas for better combating this scourge, which according to it affects 160,000 children each year.

Even though the ceasefire came into force on Wednesday, the international community’s fears have not subsided for Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s lightning victory, in an offensive which left at least 200 dead and 400 injured, could result in a humanitarian crisis with the risk of a massive exodus of 120,000 Armenians from the region.

Emmanuel Macron therefore asked for “guarantees on the rights and security of the inhabitants of Karabakh” while Moscow assured that “mediation” would be supervised by Russian soldiers.

The current bad weather has forced Météo-France to raise its alerts for several departments in France. Four were thus placed on orange rain-flood alert this Thursday by the public establishment, which emphasizes that the disturbance which arrived on Wednesday will continue its path towards the east of the country.

The vigilance which initially concerned Drôme and Ardèche (for an event starting at 2 p.m.) is extended to Isère and Ain (for an event starting at 4 p.m.). Furthermore, 44 departments are on yellow alert for the same reasons.

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