What’s Current: Thousands protest sexual assaults during bull run in Pamplona, Spain

Protesting sexual violence against women during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain. Image: Susana Vera/Reuters
Protesting sexual violence against women during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain. Image: Susana Vera/Reuters

After 15 people were arrested over the past week in separate cases of sexual assault, including gang rape,  in Pamplona, Spain thousands of people interrupted the running of the bulls.

Maria Teresa Rivera, a 28-year-old factory worker in El Salvador, was incarcerated for four years for having a miscarriage.

The Calgary man who dismembered Joey English, a 25-year-old Indigenous woman was granted bail on Thursday. Joshua Jordan was charged with offering an indignity to human remains, but not murder, because the police did not believe English died due to a criminal act.

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The women also played less aggressively and displayed lower self-esteem against ‘male’ opponents.”

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