YoutubeIf you haven't yet heard of Femen, you may have seen them. Femen is the international women's rights group that puts on topless protests to support women's rights and equality. Russian President Vladmir Putin is a big fan. The group's methods are obviously controversial — not least among other women themselves. Now, a French collective calling themselves les Antigones (after the daughter of Oedipus, who defied Greek authorities) has formed to protest Femen.  In the video introducing themselves, les Antigones say they're "revolted" by Femen's methods and also by the fact >>>

Beijing, May 31 (Xinhua-ANI): A Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen was fined for the pepper spray charge, the official TAP press agency reported Friday.Amina Sboui, known by her pseudonym Tyler, appeared in court in the Tunisian holy city of Kairouan on Thursday. She was sentenced to pay 300 dinar (about 200 U.S. dollars) fine on the charge of illegal possession of pepper spray.The 19-year-old activist, who triggered controversy in Tunisia two months ago by posting topless pictures of herself online, was remanded in custody and will go >>>

TUNIS: Three European women with radical activist group Femen, who were arrested after baring their breasts in Tunis, will be tried next week for public indecency and could be jailed, their lawyer said on Friday. “They will appear in court in Tunis on June 5… The trial will be an open hearing,” Souheib Bahri told AFP, information confirmed by French consular officials in Tunis. They will be tried for “public indecency” and an “attack on public morals,” crimes both punishable by six months in jail in socially conservative Tunisia, where the coalition >>>

On Thursday a Tunisian court fined and charged a prominent member of the feminist group Femen for carrying an “incendiary object'', on the opening day of her high-profile trial in a conservative central Tunisian city. The topless activist was remanded in custody at the end of the hearing, pending more serious charges. Amina Sboui, known as Amina Tyler, appeared for her first hearing at Kairouan City Court dressed in a white robe and seemed calm as outside the court, hundreds of protesters chanted slogans against her, accusing the Tunisian activist of insulting Islam. Tyler scandalised >>>

Tunisian protesters shout slogans outside the courthouse where Amina Sboui, the Tunisian member of feminist group Femen, is being put on trial, on May 30, 2013, in the central city of Kairouan(AFP) By Kaouther Larbi (AFP) –  A Tunisian judge on Thursday announced fresh charges against a young Tunisian woman with the topless protest group Femen, as three Europeans began a second night in custody after baring their breasts. Amina Sboui, better known by her pseudonym Tyler, was remanded in custody and would be charged with indecency and desecrating a cemetery, crimes punishable by up to two >>>

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May 31, 2013 By Magharebia By Monia Ghanmi Three “Femen” activists staged a topless protest in downtown Tunis, a day before the trial of Tunisian feminist Amina. Amina Sboui, known by her pseudonym Amina Tyler, went on trial Thursday (May 30th) for illegally possessing pepper spray, AFP reported. She was arrested May 19th in Kairouan after she allegedly wrote the word Femen on a wall near a graveyard. She could face up to five years in prison if convicted, according to her lawyer Souheib Bahri. During the Wednesday protest in her support, three European activists – two French >>>

A court convicted a Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen on Thursday of carrying an “incendiary object” and fined her $182. The woman, Amina Sboui, remains in custody as prosecutors consider filing more serious charges. Ms. Sboui, who has used the name Amina Tyler, posted topless photographs of herself online as part of a women’s rights campaign and tried to carry out a protest on May 19 in the religious center of Kairouan. She was arrested and charged with carrying a canister of pepper spray, which the court considered to be an incendiary object. Prosecutors on Thursday >>>

Three European women — two French and one German — affiliated with the feminist activist group FEMEN staged a bare-breasted protest yesterday morning [May 29] in front of the Ministry of Justice in Tunis against the arrest of a fellow Tunisian activist Amina Tyler, who posted topless photos of herself online. This stunt is the first of its kind in the Arab world, where no Arab state has ever seen women using nudity in protests in a public place. About This Article Categories : Tunisia   >>>