25th November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day highlights a grim reality: violence against women and girls remains one of the most widespread human rights violations globally.
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Filippo Turetta, who confessed to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin last year, admitted in a Venice court on Friday that he had planned the crime.
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The trial of Filippo Turetta, accused of the brutal murder of his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin, began in Venice on Monday.
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Incredibly, the Court of Cassation has overturned the life term sentence of a man convicted of femicide as it didn’t take into account the attenuating circumstances of COVID period. Lorena Quaranta was strangled to death in March 2020.
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According to documents filed ahead of today’s for the Giulia Cecchettin murder, 21-year-old Filippo Turetta, stabbed his ex-girlfriend 75 times.
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The former boyfriend of a 27-year-old Romanian woman, Andreea Rabciuc, who went missing in March 2022 is now under investigation on suspicion of murder.
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Italy’s Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, during a parliamentary commission inquiry into femicide and gender violence, said “femicide is a collective defeat”.
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At Giulia Cecchettin’s funeral, her father said he hoped her death at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta might be the impetus to work against gender-based violence.
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The funeral of Giulia Cecchettin will take place in Padua on Tuesday. This is according to epigraphs posted Saturday morning in Vigonovo, Giulia’s nearby home town.
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Filippo Turetta, currently under investigation for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin, was scheduled to confer with his lawyer on Monday. The Turetta interrogation by the judge is scheduled for 10 am on Tuesday.
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