3 Femen arrested and held in Free Amina protest + Nazis attack Femen

latest 31 May:, Tunisia — A court convicted Amina (Sboui) , for carrying an “incendiary object” and fined her $182. She remains in custody pending more serious charges.The 3 Femen supporters arrested still remain in custody and will appear before a judge today, Friday, when they may be charged.

Femen women attacked and held for

Free Amina protest

Standing on a wall in front of the railings outside the courthouse, the women, two French and the other German, shouted: “Free Amina,” in support of a young Tunisian woman detained while protesting against hardline Islamists and awaiting trial on Thursday.

note.this photo was deleted from Facebook on 30th May for 'breaking Community Guidelines'. The 3 are still in prison. — note.this photo was deleted from Facebook on 30th May for ‘breaking Community Guidelines’. The 3 are still in prison.

“Breast Feed Revolution” read graffiti on the women, who wore only denim micro shorts and black shoes, and “Femen Extremist” was daubed on their backs.

The police swiftly arrested them and took them inside the building, before a crowd of journalists. Continue reading “3 Femen arrested and held in Free Amina protest + Nazis attack Femen”

Femen Attacked by Nazis // 3 held in Free Amina protest

note.this photo was deleted from Facebook on 30th May for 'breaking Community Guidelines' — note.this photo was deleted from Facebook on 30th May for ‘breaking Community Guidelines’

UPDATE: Three young European women with womens rights movement Femen were arrested and are still imprisoned on Wednesday after baring their breasts in Tunis, a first in the Arab world, outside the Tunisian capital’s main courthouse where Amina is on trial. read more: https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/3-femen-arrested-and...

By Milene Larsson

It’s been a hectic couple of days for Femen: their Paris headquarters is under siege by 300 neo-Nazis seeking revenge for the events of two weekends ago, when they interrupted a yearly nationalist gathering to commemorate Joan of Arc. And last week, they found out that Tunisian Femen activist Amina Tyler, the 19-year-old who was drugged and given a virginity test after posting topless protest pictures of herself on Facebook, might be facing up to two years and six months in jail. Continue reading “Femen Attacked by Nazis // 3 held in Free Amina protest”

Escrache feminista: 1000’s se movilizó contra la prohibición del aborto

El jueves 16 de mayo se celebró delante de las sedes del Partido Popular un escrache feminista. Uno de los lemas de la convocatoria ¡Tócale el pito a Gallardón!

Se manifiestó públicamente el descontento popular -no sólo de las mujeres- de la mayoría de la ciudadanía, que se opone a que el actual Ministro de Justicia, Alberto Ruíz-Gallardón, introduzca una reforma de Ley que prohiba y criminalice el aborto libre. En este artículo vas a encontrar las convocatorias en los distintas ciudades de España. Continue reading “Escrache feminista: 1000’s se movilizó contra la prohibición del aborto”

Maria of Pussy Riot hunger strikes: UPDATE: now in hospital

UPDATE: Pussy Riot member on hunger strike moved to hospital

A member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who went on hunger strike in jail last week has been taken to hospital. Maria Alyokhina was moved to a hospital in her prison colony in the Urals town of Berezniki, the husband of one of her bandmates told the Associated Press. Alyokhina began her protest after being barred from attending a parole hearing. She and two other members of the Pussy Riot group were jailed after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral in February 2012. One, Yekaterina Samutsevich, had her sentence suspended on appeal last October. Another, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, was denied parole last month. In a letter published by her lawyers earlier this week, Alyokhina claimed prison officials were attempting to turn fellow inmates against her by holding a security crackdown in advance of the parole hearing. Alyokhina previously spent five months in solitary confinement after claiming that officials deliberately lodged her with hardened criminals and encouraged them to intimidate her.The Pussy Riot trio were jailed for two years last August after being convicted of a breach of public order motivated by religious hatred. The prosecution prompted worldwide condemnation, with Sir Paul McCartney among those calling for the band members to be freed.

23 May 2013
- Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina denied parole
  
  Europe / 23 May 2013… like a court hearing but like arm-twisting,”. A Russian court denies parole to a hunger-striking member of punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina,…
22 May 2013
- Pussy Riot member Alyokhina announces hunger strike
  
  Europe / 22 May 2013An imprisoned member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot has announced a hunger strike after being refused the right to attend her own parole… Continue reading “Maria of Pussy Riot hunger strikes: UPDATE: now in hospital”