Women gather outside the Supreme Court in Madrid after Spain's top court found five men known as the "Wolf Pack" guilty of rape in June. The banner reads: It's not abuse, it's rape. In June, Spain's Supreme Court ruled the five accused were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, increasing their sentence to 15 years rather than the nine years they had been given for sexual abuse by a regional court. Spanish law requires that the plaintiff in a rape case must present evidence of intimidation or specific violence. "It's important that they introduce the term rape into the penal code for all attacks that involve penetration and that any sexual behaviour without consent be considered sexual violence."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2019 21:35 UTC