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Topless soccer protests are the best kinds of protests (video)

I’m not really understanding the logic behind this, so needless to say it’s going to take a lot of further study. And I mean a lot. Ukrainian women’s rights activists staged a topless demonstration on Thursday to protest the government sanction of prostitution at the 2012 European Football Championship. The soccer tournament will be co-hosted by the Ukraine and Poland in June, 2012. Basically the protesters are saying that the Ukranian government is trying to legalize prostitution by playing host to an event which will attract a great amount of sex tourism. The group responsible for the >>>

Ukraine activists topless to protest Euro 2012

The Associated Press Ukrainian women's rights activists have staged a topless demonstration at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium to protest what they say are attempts to legalize prostitution during the 2012 European Championship. Five members of the Femen group chanted slogans and displayed banners criticizing tournament organizer UEFA. Femen spokeswoman Inna Shevchenko says UEFA is "trying to influence our government" to legalize prostitution during the June 8-July 1 tournament. UEFA is making the draw Friday. Kyiv police arrived at the gates of the downtown stadium and dragged the women into >>>

Ukraine activists topless to protest Euro 2012

Ukrainian women's rights activists have staged a topless demonstration at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium to protest what they say are attempts to legalize prostitution during the 2012 European Championship. Five members of the Femen group chanted slogans and displayed banners criticizing tournament organizer UEFA. Femen spokeswoman Inna Shevchenko says UEFA is "trying to influence our government" to legalize prostitution during the June 8-July 1 tournament. UEFA is making the draw Friday. Kyiv police arrived at the gates of the downtown stadium and dragged the women into a police vehicle. Femen >>>

Women’s rights group stages topless protest in Kyiv ahead of Euro 2012 draw

Ukrainian women's rights activists have staged a topless demonstration at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium to protest what they say are attempts to legalize prostitution during the 2012 European Championship. Five members of the FEMEN group chanted slogans and displayed banners criticising UEFA. FEMEN spokeswoman Inna Shevchenko says UEFA are 'trying to influence our government' to legalize prostitution during the June 8-July 1 tournament. Demonstration: FEMEN members outside the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv The draw for the finals takes place on Friday at 5pm. Kyiv police arrived at the gates >>>

Ukraine women activists strip to protest Euro 2012

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian women's rights activists have staged a topless demonstration at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium to protest what they say are attempts to legalize prostitution during the 2012 European Championship. Five members of the Femen group chanted slogans and displayed banners criticizing tournament organizer UEFA. Femen spokeswoman Inna Shevchenko says UEFA is "trying to influence our government'' to legalize prostitution during the June 8-July 1 tournament. UEFA is making the draw Friday. Kyiv police arrived at the gates of the downtown stadium five minutes later. The >>>

Dominique Strauss-Kahn celebrates wedding anniversary as plot rumors swirl

Dominique Strauss-Kahn — accused of sexually assaulting a maid in a New York hotel in May — has celebrated his wedding anniversary with wife Anne Sinclair in Paris. Meanwhile, Strauss-Kahn's supporters suggested that a story in the New York Review of Books provided evidence that the sex scandal was part of a plot the party of President Nicolas Sarkozy to disgrace the former International Monetary Fund chief. According to The Independent, the >>>

Naked ambition: Ukrainian topless protests go global

A naked woman in a city's central square is bound to attract attention, which is exactly what Ukraine’s Femen group is hoping for with a series of high-profile demonstrations against the abuse of women's rights which has made the news across Europe. ­And as RT found out, the Ukrainian feminists are ready to conquer new horizons. On a chilly morning in Kyiv, half-naked women in racing outfits drink champagne and chant slogans. This is how the Femen movement celebrated the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. Several days prior to that, Femen were in Rome, lending their support for the anti-Berlusconi >>>

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By protesting everything, the FEMEN women's rights group actually protests for nothing. The embarrassing FEMEN show went international last week, when a handful of the publicity-crazed group exposed their breasts in France, Switzerland and Italy. The movement began in 2008 when a group of female students started protesting Ukraine’s prostitution problem by dressing provocatively and marching through central Kyiv carrying signs reading “Ukraine is not a bordello.” FEMEN’s intentions appeared good: They brought international attention to a serious >>>