The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Angelina Jolie speaks out on rape

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Brad Pitt joined Angelina Jolie at a London summit on sexual violence Thursday, lending the couple’s star power to the campaign to end rape in war zones.

The four-day London conference is organized by British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Jolie, a United Nations special envoy.

They hope representa­tives of the more than 100 countries present will back a new protocol laying out how sexual violence in conflict zones should be investigat­ed and prosecuted. They say they want to end the “culture of impunity” for wartime sex crimes.

Billed as the biggesteve­r summit on the subject, the gathering has drawn diplomats, officials, charity representa­tives and survivors of wartime rape.

Jolie said the meeting was being held “for all the forgotten, hidden survivors who have been made to feel ashamed or been abandoned.” tain” star will appear in Nick Payne’s “Constellat­ions,” which has been a hit in London. Previews begin Dec. 16 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and will be directed by Michael Longhurst.

Gyllenhaal, who appeared in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth” in London in 2002, made his New York stage appearance in 2012 in Payne’s “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” which also was directed by Longhurst.

“Constellat­ions” presents several permutatio­ns of a single relationsh­ip. In some scenarios, the couple lives happily together; in others, they don’t even make it to a first kiss.

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