![]() ![]() ![]() The ruling was met by a wave of protests that was renewed when the men were released on bail last month.Īhead of Friday's launch of the alcohol-fuelled event, where mostly men volunteer to be chased by bulls down narrow streets, suggestions of a boycott circulated on social media. ![]() PAMPLONA, Spain, July 4 (Reuters) - Pamplona wants to reassure women they will be safe from abuse during the bull-running festival that starts in the Spanish city this week, countering calls to boycott the event in protest at a failed rape prosecution.įive men, who called themselves "The Wolf Pack", were cleared in April of raping an 18-year-old woman at the festival in 2016, and convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse. The municipality started campaigning for festivals free from sexist assaults in 2014, building an infrastructure which now includes helplines in dozens of languages to deal with incidents ![]()
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