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Femen Activists Strip in Berlusconi Protest at Italy’s Polls

ROME, February 24 (RIA Novosti) – Activists of women's rights group Femen stripped to the waist at a polling station in Milan on Sunday where ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi arrived to vote in Italy's general election, Italian state TV has reported. Three activists of the Ukrainian feminist group lunged at Berlusconi as he arrived at the polling station. The women held a topless protest, wearing only jeans, under the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" (Enough with Berlusconi), Rai News24 reported. Two Ukrainian and one French woman participated in the protest, Agi news agency reported. The activists were >>>

Femen Activists Strip in Berlusconi Protest at Italy’s Polls

ROME, February 24 (RIA Novosti) – Activists of women's rights group Femen stripped to the waist at a polling station in Milan on Sunday where ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi arrived to vote in Italy's general election, Italian state TV has reported. Three activists of the Ukrainian feminist group lunged at Berlusconi as he arrived at the polling station. The women held a topless protest, wearing only jeans, under the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" (Enough with Berlusconi), Rai News24 reported. Two Ukrainian and one French woman participated in the protest, Agi news agency reported. The activists were >>>

18/02/2013Femen activists protest naked in Notre Dame Cathedral

The bare-breasted activists rang the cathedral's new bells -- currently exposed in the middle of the nave -- with sticks, before getting carried out by the cathedral's security and visitors. The bodies of the protestors were painted with slogans hailing Pope Benedict XVI's resignation and the recent passage in Parliament of a law allowing gay marriage in France.By now, such images, um... barely ... make news, after months of similarly provocative demonstrations around the world to promote the rights of women and gays have often led to clashes both with police and their political opponents.But >>>

FEMEN Celebrates Benedict XVI’s Resignation Topless in Notre Dame Cathedral

Eight women went topless through Notre Dame Tuesday to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage in France. The women are a part of FEMEN, a pro-feminist, anti-anti-gay organization whose motto is "Sextremism." FEMEN held the demonstration to mark the final hour of the "homophobic Pope," who they labeled as "fascist" and "the head of the Catholic mafia." After the women disrobed and rang bells housed within the church, security quickly forced them out of the cathedral. They continued their impassioned demonstration just outside.FEMEN members have a penchant for running about topless >>>

Feminists shed shirts, cheer pope’s farewell in Paris protest

Feb 15, 2013 The protest. - PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/Femen.UA. Women activists shed their shirts and pounded a huge church bell in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to celebrate the pope’s resignation. The nine women from Ukrainian feminist group Femen had their chests and backs emblazoned with the words “Pope No More.” They said they were provocateurs celebrating Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to step down later this month. The activists shouted "Bye-bye Benedict" and "No more homophobe." At one point some of the women rang an enormous bell >>>

Are Femen Activists Undermining Their Own Cause?

LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR, 20 MINUTES (France) Worldcrunch PARIS –Eight members of the feminist Ukrainian group FEMEN celebrated Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement this week by disrobing inside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The bare-breasted activists rang the cathedral's new bells -- currently exposed in the middle of the nave -- with sticks, before getting carried out by the cathedral’s security and visitors (see video below). The bodies of the protestors were painted with slogans hailing Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and the recent passage in Parliament of a law >>>

Topless women fete pope’s resignation in Paris cathedral

Eight feminists flashed their breasts in the heart of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday to celebrate Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation announcement. The members of the Femen movement entered the Gothic cathedral dressed in long coats which they whipped off inside while ringing three bells near the altar. “Pope no more!” they cried. “No more homophobe” and “Bye bye Benedict!” Scandalised visitors voiced their disapproval. “This is a sacred place, you can’t strip here,” said a Frenchwoman. The Femen >>>