Moscow, Jun 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti): A court in Tunisia has jailed three European activists of the Femen group who staged a topless protest in the country last month. Two French citizens and a German national were handed four-month jail sentences Wednesday for having targeted Tunisia's justice ministry May 29, the tunisia-live.net website reported. Josephine, Pauline and Marguerite were arrested after staging a topless protest in support of another Femen activist, Amina, who was arrested for an anti-Islamist protest in Tunisia May 19. The Femen activists were charged with offending public decency >>>

TUNIS, Tunisia - A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four months and a day in prison, a court official said. The defence called the sentence far too harsh. The two French and a German member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen maintained during the trial that there was nothing sexual or offensive about their protest and that it was only to support their imprisoned Tunisian colleague. A group leader has pledged further topless protests in Tunisia and the Middle East. The three women were >>>

MOSCOW, June 12 (RIA Novosti) – A court in Tunisia has jailed three European activists of the Femen group who staged a topless protest in the country last month, local media have reported. Two French citizens and a German national were handed four-month jail sentences on Wednesday for having targeted Tunisia’s justice ministry on May 29, tunisia-live.net said. Josephine, Pauline and Marguerite were arrested after staging their topless protest in support of another Femen activist, Amina, who had been arrested for an anti-Islamist protest in Tunisia on May 19. The Femen activists were charged >>>

Three women staged a topless protest on Wednesday outside the Tunisian embassy in Madrid calling on Tunis to free three fellow activists detained for a bare-breasted anti-Islamist demonstration in the north African nation. The members of radical feminist group Femen removed their shirts to show their breasts and messages daubed on their bodies calling for the release of the trio who are behind bars in Tunis. "Femen is here today protesting because in Tunisia they have jailed three of our activists who are being judged today just for defending themselves and going to >>>

Three European women from the feminist group Femen appeared in court in Tunisia last week after staging a topless protest. They exposed their breasts outside a court in support of the detained activist Amina Tyler. Nineteen-year-old Amina herself sparked controversy in March, when she posted topless pictures of herself online. Amina's trial is as controversial and divisive as the topless photos that have probably prompted it, although Amina is not being tried for 'immoral gestures' as originally reported, but for carrying an incendiary device. Before the >>>

BERLIN – Three topless protesters from feminist protest group Femen were dragged by police from outside the German chancellery Friday where they were pleading for Angela Merkel to push for the release of their fellow activists jailed in Tunisia. The demonstration came ahead of Merkel’s meeting in the building with Tunisian Premiere Ali Larayedh. The women chanted “Merkel free Femen” repeatedly before being removed. After the two leaders met, Merkel told reporters that they had discussed the issue and that she had “made clear the hope for a fair and reasonable handling” of the situation. Larayedh >>>

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--The trial in the Tunisian capital of three European activists with Femen, an Ukrainian activist group, was adjourned on Wednesday until June 12 and the women remain in detention without an option for bail, AFP reported June 5. According to French lawyer Patrick Klugman, who came from Paris to represent the movement, the prosecution decided on a charge of debauchery rather than an attack on public morals, The Huffington Post reported. The three Europeans--two French known as Pauline and Marguerite and a German named Josephine--face up to six months in prison.They were >>>

— Members of the body-baring feminist group Femen are on trial in Tunisia for indecency and violating public morality in their bid to launch a "feminist spring" in Muslim countries. After the trial's opening session on Wednesday, the court adjourned proceedings until June 12. The group and its tactics have stirred controversy even among feminists.   The tactic was classic Femen: Three young woman painted with graffiti staged a topless protest before being hauled away by police. But their chosen location for baring their bodies last week - in front of the Tunis courthouse - marks a new step >>>

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Three members of a radical Ukrainian feminist group were expelled from Tunisia on suspicion they were planning a topless protest in front of the court where their colleagues were being tried on charges of public indecency for an earlier protest, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The statement on the ministry's Facebook page said solid information led to one Ukrainian being rousted from her hotel room and taken to the country's main international airport Tuesday, while a Belarusian was stopped at the airport the same day. Another Ukrainian was also turned back Wednesday >>>

Members of the body-baring feminist group Femen are on trial in Tunisia for indecency and violating public morality in their bid to launch a "feminist spring" in Muslim countries. After the trial's opening session on Wednesday, the court adjourned proceedings until June 12. The group and its tactics have stirred controversy even among feminists. The tactic was classic Femen: Three young woman painted with graffiti staged a topless protest before being hauled away by police. But their chosen location for baring their bodies last week - in front of the Tunis courthouse - marks a new step for the >>>