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Pamplona bull run tainted by reports of sexual violence
Source: The Guardian
Pamplona bull run tainted by reports of sexual violence
Annual San Fermín festival has seen four rapes, one attempted rape
and seven cases of sexual abuse reported over last six days
Sam Jones in Madrid
Tuesday 12 July 2016 14.30 BST
Pamplona’s annual bull-running festival has again been marred by a series of alleged sexual assaults, with four rapes, one attempted rape and 10 cases of sexual abuse reported over the last six days.
Organisers of the San Fermín festival, in which hundreds of people race bulls through Pamplona’s cobbled streets, have stepped up their campaign to combat sexual violence since 2008, when a young nurse was strangled and beaten to death.
This year’s festival, which began on 6 July, has already seen 15 people arrested over allegations of sexual assault. Among them are five men – including a recent graduate of the Guardia Civil police force – who were detained in connection with the alleged rape of a woman on Thursday night. The incident is thought to have been filmed on a mobile phone.
On Monday night, women’s rights activists and other protesters crowded into the Plaza del Castillo, where one of the rapes is alleged to have taken place, to demonstrate against the attacks. It came four days after thousands of people staged a similar protest.
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Annual San Fermín festival has seen four rapes, one attempted rape
and seven cases of sexual abuse reported over last six days
Sam Jones in Madrid
Tuesday 12 July 2016 14.30 BST
Pamplona’s annual bull-running festival has again been marred by a series of alleged sexual assaults, with four rapes, one attempted rape and 10 cases of sexual abuse reported over the last six days.
Organisers of the San Fermín festival, in which hundreds of people race bulls through Pamplona’s cobbled streets, have stepped up their campaign to combat sexual violence since 2008, when a young nurse was strangled and beaten to death.
This year’s festival, which began on 6 July, has already seen 15 people arrested over allegations of sexual assault. Among them are five men – including a recent graduate of the Guardia Civil police force – who were detained in connection with the alleged rape of a woman on Thursday night. The incident is thought to have been filmed on a mobile phone.
On Monday night, women’s rights activists and other protesters crowded into the Plaza del Castillo, where one of the rapes is alleged to have taken place, to demonstrate against the attacks. It came four days after thousands of people staged a similar protest.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/pamplona-bull-run-tainted-by-reports-of-sexual-violence
