English   Ukraine's feminist group Femen is determined to hold more anti-Lukashenka protests in Belarus despite the ordeal of three activists who were abducted in Minsk and terrorized earlier this week. "We have not regretted our decision to travel to Belarus for a single second despite what happened to us there," Inna Shevchenko told reporters in Kyiv on December 21. "We promise that we will continue coming [to Belarus], undress and defeat the Lukashenka regime," the young woman said. Ms. Shevchenko was one of the three activists who were >>>

English   The Belarusian branch of Russia`s ultra-nationalist Russian National Unity ("RNE") has denied involvement in the alleged abduction of three activists of Ukraine`s feminist group Femen following their topless protest in front of the KGB headquarters in central Minsk on Monday. In a statement issued on its website late on Wednesday, the group dismissed the allegation, made by the three women at a news conference in Kyiv, as an extremely gross provocation. “Our men didn`t touch them, however strongly one may wish to present it like >>>

Belarusian and British stars expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian activists, who faced repression in Belarus. «On December 19, 2011, the Artists’ Manifesto was published. We called world leaders' attention to events in Belarus and we demanded the release of political prisoners. Today we protest against the recent abduction of four Ukranian FEMEN activists who suffered arrest, beatings, threats and humiliation at a peaceful demonstration in Belarus. The FEMEN women held a topless protest in front of the KGB headquaters in Minsk, displaying banners and shouting «Long Live Belarus». >>>