French justice system to re-examine 88,000 child abuse claims

According to RFI, France's justice system is re-examining eighty-eight thousand complaints of sexual violence against children—a higher figure than the seventy thousand initially ordered by Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin last month. The review was triggered by the murder of eleven-year-old Lyhanna, whose death sparked public outrage over the state's failure to protect children in abuse cases.

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