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 >>>

KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — A court convicted the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen Tuesday for carrying an "incendiary object" and fined her $182. She remains in custody pending more serious charges.Amina Sboui, who scandalized the country for posting topless photos of herself as part of women's rights protest, attempted to carry out a new protest on May 19 in the religious center of Kairouan. She was arrested and charged with carrying a canister of pepper spray.Prosecutors on Thursday, however, said they are considering bringing more serious charges against her, including >>>

Three European women went on trial in Tunis on Wednesday for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest, and their French lawyer said he was confident about the outcome, despite the risk of jail sentences. Pauline Hillier and Marguerite Stern from France and Josephine Markmann from Germany arrived in court around 0930 GMT wearing the traditional Tunisian veil, or safsari.A few dozen people had gathered outside the courthouse and shouted abuse at one of the women's Tunisian lawyers."How can you defend those women?" one of the >>>

Well, that’s one way to get the job done: A feminist group in the Ukraine has gone to extreme measures to get out their message. Members of FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist group, have taken to topless protesting to get their point across. The group supports everything from equal pay and anti-sex trafficking bills to fighting for increased voting rights and against unfair utility taxes. Founded in 2008 by a group of fed-up Ukrainian college students, FEMEN aims to rally young women to feminist causes. “I set up FEMEN because I realized that there was a lack of women activists in our society; >>>

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Three European activists face up to six months of prison for staging a topless protest in Tunis to demonstrate support for a Tunisian ally, Amina Sboui, who is facing legal problems of her own.    Femen activists are being tried in Tunisia.                                                                                                     Credit: Facebook FEMEN page   @ajstream #Femen naked prayer protest:misguided much?They keep missing the point. I'm Muslim, in hijab, in grad school, INDEPENDENT HAPPY. — >>>

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 >>>

Do you approve of actions of the Femen type to approve women’s rights? Posed like that, I would say no. We don’t adopt the same methods of struggle, but we understand perfectly the choice that they made. We express solidarity with Amina against all the forms of violence that she suffers. You say that you don’t adopt the same methods of struggle. Why is that Tunisians can’t or don’t want to adopt the same methods of struggle? Why don’t they have the possibility of demonstrating like Ukrainian or French women? Not all feminists around the world adopt Femen, it isn’t just a question >>>

Three members of a radical Ukrainian feminist group have been expelled from Tunisia on suspicion of planning a topless protest in front of the court where their colleagues were being tried on charges of public indecency, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.The statement on the Ukrainian ministry's Facebook page said information had led to one individual being taken to the country's main airport on Tuesday, while a Belarusian was stopped there the same day. Another Ukrainian was turned back on Wednesday at the airport.Three fellow activists from the group, Femen, are on trial for public >>>

TUNIS - A Tunisian court on Wednesday adjourned to next week the trial of three European women for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest and rejected their request for bail, their lawyers said."The trial has been adjourned to June 12. The bail request for the three Femen activists was refused," defense lawyer Souheib Bahri told AFP.The judge must decide at the next hearing on whether to allow several Islamist groups angered by the topless protest to participate in the trial as a civil party.French lawyer Patrick Klugman, who had come from Paris to represent the three members of the >>>