TUNIS, Tunisia — An imprisoned Tunisian member of the Ukrainian women's group Femen told a court Monday that she intervened after witnessing prison guards mistreating a fellow inmate in her defense against new charges of insulting and defaming a civil servant. Amina Sboui, 19, shocked Tunisians in March by posting topless photos of herself online to denounce the mistreatment of women in her country — using the kind of seminude protest favored by Femen. She was later arrested on May 19 for scrawling the name of the group on the wall of a cemetery in the Tunisian city of Kairouan, >>>

Pauline Hillier looks tired as she greets a visitor to Femen's Paris headquarters. That's understandable. She's just been released from police custody after trying, unsuccessfully, to demonstrate in front of the Elysee presidential palace. The 26-year-old wears a flimsy white coverall over Femen's trademark battle fatigues - underwear…and not much else. "It was really surprising because we got out of the car to start our protest and as soon as they saw our flower crowns, the policeman started to run at us, to arrest us. It was really quick. So, as they caught us, we didn't want to stop our >>>

TUNIS, Tunisia - An imprisoned Tunisian member of the Ukrainian women's group Femen told a court Monday that she intervened after witnessing prison guards mistreating a fellow inmate in her defence against new charges of insulting and defaming a civil servant. Amina Sboui, 19, shocked Tunisians in March by posting topless photos of herself online to denounce the mistreatment of women in her country — using the kind of seminude protest favoured by Femen. She was later arrested on May 19 for scrawling the name of the group on the wall of a cemetery in the Tunisian city of Kairouan, where ultraconservative >>>