INDEPENDENT LEARNING_READING AND VOCABULARY

Protests are being held across our country after five men accused of the gang rape of a teenager during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona were found guilty of the lesser offence of sexual abuse.

Read these news stories. 

Study some words and expressions:

to spark outrage
she suffers from psychological trauma
demonstrations
demonstrators
widespread criticism
to be held in custody
to be used as evidence in the trial
to be found in a distraught state
 to spark protests
Many saw the sentence as too lenient
The victim´s ordeal /ɔː(r)ˈdiːl/ (an extremely unpleasant experience, especially one that lasts for a long time) caused a national outcry (an angry expression of protest or shock by a lot of people, as a reaction to something that someone has done or to something that has happened)

Altamira Gonzalo, vice-president of Themis, a Spanish organisation of women jurists, told Efe news agency: "It should have been a courageous  (/kəˈreɪdʒəs/)sentence. The courts can't be so distant from society."

 It "leads to the painful question of just how much a person needs to fight to avoid being raped without risking getting killed, and still get recognised as a victim of a serious attack against sexual freedom while ensuring that the perpetrators do not enjoy impunity," the newspaper said.


...surrounded by five older, thick-bodied males who left her overwhelmed and unresponsive.

Thousands of people demonstrated outside the Pamplona court where the judgement was made.

"And because that’s our free choice, we will defend with all the means at our disposal... the right of all woman to FREELY do the opposite, without them being judged, raped, threatened, killed or humiliated," they wrote.


 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5660995/Wolf-pack-gang-jailed-sexually-assaulting-18-year-old-Pamplonas-bull-running-festival.html


  http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/the-sexual-assault-case-that-sent-shockwaves-through-spain/news-story/8f858f3dd3fc7cb232f0598f26d5eb78


  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43915551


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/28/thousands-protest-third-day-pamplona-wolf-pack-gang-rape-case/