The head of the French branch of radical topless feminist group Femen, Ukrainian Inna Shevchenko, said Monday that Paris had granted her request for political asylum. Shevchenko told Agence France Presse she had received notification from France's OFPRA refugee agency that her request had been granted, based on fears that she would face persecution in Ukraine for her political activities. The 23-year-old said she had made a "strategic choice" to seek asylum in France. "To develop the movement, we need a place, we need a country," she said. The agency refused to comment, saying information >>>

15:45 08/07/2013 PARIS, July 8 (RAPSI) - FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko has been given political asylum in France, the press service of the women's rights group reported on Monday. Shevchenko came to the attention of the law-enforcement authorities after the group sawed down a memorial cross dedicated to victims of political repressions in central Kyiv in 2012. Later, the 23-year-old activist moved to Paris where she trained more women for the groups political stunts. "Yes, I recently received official documents which grant me refugee status in France," Shevchenko told RIA Novosti on Monday. "This >>>

FEMEN activists speak to media in front of a mosque during a protest in Berlin, Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)   This spring, Tunisia saw the first topless protests in the history of the Arab World.   Three activists from the group FEMEN—self-proclaimed sextremists now internationally famous for protesting the sex industry, dictatorships and religious institutions with slogans written in black marker across their bare breasts—stood in front of the Justice Ministry in the capital city of Tunis and ripped off their shirts to reveal the slogan “Breasts Feed Revolution” >>>

Tweet Tweet(Muslim Women Against Femen) Three European members of the Ukraine-based feminist group Femen — notorious for its topless protests — returned to Europe on Thursday, after winning an appeal from a Tunisian court on convictions of indecency. The trio demonstrated topless in front of Tunisia’s Ministry of Justice last month to demand the release of a fellow Femenite, Amina Sboui, also known by her self-given pseudonym. Amina Tyler. In her quest to establish the first Tunisian branch of Femen, Sboui posted topless photos of herself on Facebook this spring, earned a fatwa from a top >>>

Tweet Tweet(Muslim Women Against Femen) Three European members of the Ukraine-based feminist group Femen — notorious for its topless protests — returned to Europe on Thursday, after winning an appeal from a Tunisian court on convictions of indecency. The trio demonstrated topless in front of Tunisia’s Ministry of Justice last month to demand the release of a fellow Femenite, Amina Sboui, also known by her self-given pseudonym. Amina Tyler. In her quest to establish the first Tunisian branch of Femen, Sboui posted topless photos of herself on Facebook this spring, earned a fatwa from a top >>>

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comments Tweet Google Pin It Originally published: June 27, 2013 4:18 AM Updated: June 27, 2013 12:59 PM By The Associated Press  OLEG CETINIC (Associated Press) Photo credit: AP | In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 photo, French feminist activist Pauline Hillier is released from prison in Tunis. A Tunisian court suspended prison sentences for three European feminist activists who were jailed after a topless courthouse protest >>>

The topless protests of Femen activists are bound to draw attention – good and bad. But one particular protest - "Topless Jihad" - against Islamism has rubbed some Muslim women the wrong way. (12.04.2013)

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FEMEN has been making headlines with its provocative protests, yet support for them is not unanimous On 29 May I watched a video of a FEMEN protest in front of the ministry of justice in Tunis. The protest was staged to support Amina Sboui alias Tyler, the first Tunisian FEMEN. The protest took place one day before Amina’s trial. The three protesters were European citizens: two French women and a German who came to Tunisia to support Amina’s case. They have been arrested and were charged for public breach of decency which in Tunisia is liable to a term of up to six months in prison. They >>>

Topless activists from the Ukrainian feminist group Femen protested on Tuesday against the detention of their colleagues in Tunisia by jumping on the car of the country’s new Prime Minister during his visit to Brussels.Three European Femen activists have been jailed for public indecency in Tunisia. The Brussels protest came one day before their appeal was to resume in Tunis.The protest saw three topless women covered with slogans such as “Free Marguerite” and “Free Josephine” throw themselves on the black BMW carrying Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh as he made his way to an appointment >>>