Protest by topless women Updated 3 minutes ago Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of City Hall in London on Thursday to draw attention to "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Femen, a Ukrainian women's rights group, which also protested at the Euro 2012 football tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Smeared with fake blood and wearing floral wreaths on their heads, the two women ran around the entrance of City Hall for around 10 minutes chased by a third protester, before being covered up and led away >>>

FEMEN, a Ukrainian-based feminist group, protested today in London against the IOC's alleged "support for bloody Islamist regimes" -- tacit support, apparently, by allowing their participation in the Olympic Games. 'If the IOC keeps flirting with radical Islam, new Olympic disciplines, such as stoning or speed raping will be added to the competition.' They have a point. The Olympic Games are not the United Nations, where every nation is expected to have the opportunity to participate, no matter how horrifying their regimes are. There is precedent for countries boycotting the Olympics, as the >>>

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London, Aug 2: Four topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group  Femen were detained  by police today after they carried out a protest  at City Hall, central London.Police were called  to take the topless protesters in to custody. The protesters accused the International Olympic Committee of supporting  'bloody' Islamist regimes.Pictures showed officers holding women on the ground and covering their chests.One woman screamed as officers held her. One of the women carried the message 'No Sharia' on her bare chest. The demonstration near Tower Bridge, described as an 'Islamic marathon' >>>

"The Olympic Committee must not have allowed those governments to be
represented in the Olympics. They are fascists of our time, they treat women
like third-class citizens. This is what we object to, this is what they are
protesting against," said protester Reza Moradi, without specifying any
countries.

Via: telegraph.co.uk

LONDON (Reuters) - Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 soccer tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities. "The regimes are fascists of our time, they treat women like third-class citizens," said protester Reza Moradi, >>>

Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities. "The regimes are fascists of our time, they treat women like third-class citizens," said protester Reza Moradi, without specifying any countries. "This >>>

LONDON (Reuters) - Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 soccer tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities. "The regimes are fascists of our time, they treat women like third-class citizens," said protester Reza Moradi, >>>

LONDON | Thu Aug 2, 2012 5:29pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 football tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities."The regimes are fascists of our time, they >>>

Thursday, August 02, 2012 MYT 11:55:04 PM LONDON (Reuters) - Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics. They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 football tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities. "The regimes are fascists of our time, they treat women like third-class citizens," >>>