Merv Vissa

Further evidence this week that girls simply don’t matter to the judiciary. On July 2, 2021 a 15 year old girl from Geel, Belgium was invited to a friend’s place to watch the Belgium V Italy UEFA Euro quarterfinal match. She was offered a drink and accepted it. She remembers nothing about the rest of that evening. Later, when she woke up in the basement she had bites all over her and felt a searing pain in her vagina. Fast forward to 2023, and she saw a video of herself being gang raped by three men. The video had been circulating at her school and clearly showed the assault and the men treating her like a “play doll” even though she was unconscious. Sadly this led to her being bullied, slut-shamed and has had a lasting impact on her and her family. She is afraid to go outside. In late April 2026, two of the main perpetrators known only as YG (22) and JVU (23) were prosecuted for rape, assault, filming and voyeurism. The third accomplice was a minor and dealt with separately Just this week, the two adults were found guilty, each given a 3 year suspended sentence, sent on a training course and told to pay Euro 12,500 to the girl and Euro 2,500 to her parents. That is all they for raping a minor, recording it and disseminating it. No prison time, a training course and a fine.

Israel getting 0 votes from Australia at Eurovision was brought up in senate estimates today 🫠