In 2021, the share of sexual violence (including rape and attempted rape, as well as sexual harassment) increased by 33% compared to the previous year, according to figures released on Thursday by the ministerial statistical service for security. interior (SSMSI).
In a press release, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin underlined that "these trends are part of the context of freedom of speech and better consideration of this subject by the police, a priority of the Government since the beginning of the five-year term”.
"The increase in personal attacks is mainly due to the increase, since the beginning of the five-year term, in the number of declared victims of intra-family violence (+ 57%) and sexual violence (+ 82%)", he added. He insists.
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