Op-ed slamming Polanski's 'César' award goes viral
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It's a 'cri de coeur' written by French writer Virginie Despentes and published in the daily paper 'Libération'. In it, Despentes launches a blistering attack on the world of French cinema but also goes on to criticise a broader culture of impunity in France when it comes to the powerful and how they treat the weak.  Firstly though, we look at tensions between Greece and Turkey connected to the refugee emergency emerging from Idlib, Syria. 
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