5,000 women take to the streets to demand an end to Brazil's 'culture of rape' blamed for a horrifying attack by 33 men on a 16-year-old girl

5,000 women take to the streets to demand an end to Brazil's 'culture of rape' blamed for a horrifying attack by 33 men on a 16-year-old girl



Protesters flooded streets in cities including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

Comes amid outrage over horrifying attack by 33 men on a 16-year-old girl

The largest rally was in Sao Paulo, where more than 5,000 women marched 

Thousands of women have taken to the streets to demand an end to Brazil's 'culture of rape' blamed for a horrifying attack by 33 men on a 16-year-old girl.

Protesters flooded central streets in cities including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, carrying signs with slogans such as 'We are all bleeding' and 'Not the victim's fault

The largest rally was in Sao Paulo, where more than 5,000 women marched.

Thousands of women took to the streets to demand an end to Brazil's 'culture of rape' blamed for a horrifying attack by 33 men on a 16-year-old girl Protesters flooded central streets in cities including Sao Paulo (pictured) and Rio de Janeiro, carrying signs with slogans such as 'We are all bleeding' and 'Not the victim's fault' The nationwide protests came a day after the Senate passed a bill increasing the penalties for gang rape and criminalising rape recordings

Brazilians have been outraged by the gang rape case, which came to light in an online video that showed the bloodied girl naked and seemingly unconscious on a bed, as a man boasts that she has been 'impregnated' by more than 30 men.

Three suspects have been arrested - the last one on Wednesday. Police are hunting three others.
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The video was made on May 21 in a Rio de Janeiro favela, one of the poor and often lawless neighbourhoods that exist in Brazil's largest cities.

The nationwide protests came a day after the Senate passed a bill increasing the penalties for gang rape and criminalising rape recordings.

Brazilians have been outraged by the gang rape case, which came to light in an online video that showed the bloodied girl naked and seemingly unconscious on a bed, as a man boasts that she has been 'impregnated' by more than 30 menA woman with her face painted with the female gender symbol and with a sign that reads in Portuguese 'Rape never more,' stands next to a police barricade during a protest against the gang rape of a 16-year-old girlA woman is pictured protesting in Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo as part of nationwide demonstrationsMaking a point: The largest rally was in Sao Paulo, where more than 5,000 women marched

But many Brazilian women see little hope in politics.

One slogan at Wednesday's protests was 'Fight without fear' - a play on the name of acting president Michel Temer, whose surname means 'fear' in Portuguese.

Temer has come under fire for appointing an all-male cabinet after sidelining suspended president Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first woman president.

The acting president ditched Rousseff - his former running mate - as her foes in Congress moved to impeach her for allegedly fudging the government's books. 

The 16-year-old, attacked while visiting a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, said she woke to find 'one man under me, another on top of me, and two more holding my hands' Three suspects have been arrested, including Rai de Souza (pictured left). Police are hunting three othersWomen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, march during a protest against the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl One slogan at Wednesday's protests was 'Fight without fear' - a play on the name of acting president Michel Temer, whose surname means 'fear' in Portuguese

He will serve in her place until a final ruling in her impeachment case.

Temer's secretary for women's policy, Fatima Pelaes, is an Evangelical Christian who said in 2010 she opposed abortion even in cases of rape.

She said in a statement Wednesday that she would nevertheless keep her personal views out of debate on the issue.

Heavily Catholic Brazil allows abortion only in cases of rape, brain damage or danger to the mother's life.

Crowd control: Police were called in as thousands gathered for a demonstration in the streets of Sao PauloSupport: A woman and her baby joined the demonstration. The country has been left outraged by the attackDefiance: Two Brazilian activists kiss in front of riot police during a rally in Sao Paulo last nightA Brazilian activist standing in front of riot police holds up a placard reading 'Be a woman without fear'

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