Streakers, nudists and scantily dressed protestors, they manage to grab our attention for their sheer outrageousness, daringness and lack of inhibitions. However, while we cannot avoid having our attention riveted by a woman running topless across a football pitch, do naked protestors hold the same solemnity, urgency and ‘respect’ as those protesting with their clothes on? Ingrid Newkirk is a well-known animal rights activist and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organisation. Much of Newkirk’s notoriety can be pinned >>>

November 14, 2011 | 16:37 Opponents of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi siege his residence - Palazzo Grazioli upon the news of his retirement. A whole political manifestation gathered in few minutes, reports Corriere della Sera. Excited demonstrators shouted insults and threw 10 and 20 cent coins over the gates.Another demonstration gathered at Montecitorio palace, where sits the Parliament. The protestors were holding banners that read "Go away", people were calling to put handcuffs on, others simply sent him to hell.In the meanwhile activists of Ukrainian FEMEN celebrated Italian macho’s >>>

Topless women from the Ukrain gathered under the Pope's balcony at the Vatican to protest what they say is the Catholic Church’s misogyny. The rally on Sunday, November 6, 2011, was arranged by activists of the Ukrainian Femen women's rights movement. Ilona Staller, age 59, a former porn star called la Cicciolina, known for giving political speeches with one breast exposed and a member of Parliament, allegedly supports the protest.  According to Ukrainian Ridus news agency, it was Staller who invited Femen to Italy in the first place.  But officially, it was Oleksandra Shevchenko, the >>>

A member of the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen was detained in the Vatican on November 6 after holding a topless protest against the Roman Catholic Church's "misogynist policies" under the balcony of Pope Benedict XVI. Wearing tight black >>>

Four activists from Ukraine's Femen movement have stopped traffic during a naked antiexploitation protest in Zurich. On November 10, the demonstrators stood at a central intersection in the Swiss city wearing labels with a price tag saying: "$5.99 dollars, made in Ukraine." Surrounded by photographers, they blocked the road in the area where prostitutes often operate, shouting "Women aren't merchandise." Many prostitutes in Switzerland come from poor Eastern European and Latin American countries. The women arrived in Switzerland at the end of October for a tour of Europe which >>>

A group of feminist protesters from Ukraine stopped the traffic during a naked stunt in Zurich on Thursday as bemused motorists looked on. Four members of the Ukranian women's movement Femen stood wrapped in cellophane with labels attached reading "5.99 dollars, made in Ukraine." Surrounded by passers-by and photographers, they blocked the road in the Sihlquai area where prostitutes often operate, shouting "Women aren't merchandise." The protesters disrupted traffic for about a quarter of an hour, at one point climbing onto a Mercedes as the car's stunned driver looked on. "We are trying >>>

  Zurich: A group of feminist protesters from Ukraine stopped the traffic during a naked stunt in Zurich on Thursday as bemused motorists looked on. Four members of the Ukrainian women's movement Femen stood wrapped in cellophane with labels attached reading "5.99 dollars, made in Ukraine." Surrounded by passers-by and photographers, they blocked the road in the Sihlquai area where prostitutes often operate, shouting "Women aren't merchandise”. The protesters disrupted traffic for about a quarter of an hour, at one point climbing onto a Mercedes as the car's stunned driver >>>