FEMEN activists deported from Turkey for topless protest near Hagia Sophia – Interfax

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11 March 2012, 10:02

FEMEN activists deported from Turkey for topless protest near Hagia Sophia

Kyiv, March 11, Interfax - Four activists of the Ukrainian movement FEMEN have been deported from Turkey from conducting a protest near Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on the International Women's Day, Channel 5 reported.

On Thursday, the FEMEN activists arrived in Istanbul at the invitation of a Turkish lingerie company. After a press conference, the topless activists went to the square in front of Hagia Sophia, chanting slogans condemning violence against women. The women were detained and taken to a police station.

Another FEMEN activist was deported from Russia on March 9 for hooliganism at a polling station in the Russian Academy of Sciences

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The mission of the "FEMEN" movement is to create the most favourable conditions for the young women to join up into a social group with the general idea of the mutual support and social responsibility, helping to reveal the talents of each member of the movement.

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