French feminists (in Tunisia) get (4 Month) jail term for topless demo

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French feminists get jail term for topless demo

Two French members of radical feminist group Femen, along with one German, have been given four-month prison sentences in Tunisia for "an attack on public morals" and "indecency", after bearing their breasts in a protest last month.

"The judge condemned the three Femen activists to four months and one day in prison for an attack on public morals and indecency," Souheib Bahri told AFP.

Margaret Stern and Pauline Hillier from France and Josephine Markmann from Germany had defended themselves in court when asked by the judge about the reasons for their bare-breasted protest on May 29th, a first in the Arab world by Femen activists.

"Baring our breasts is not intended to cause sexual excitement but is a form of activism," said Stern.

(Link is NSFW)

http://www.thelocal.fr/20130613/french-feminists-get-jail-term-for-topless-tunisia-demo

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1. You may want to add it was in Tunisia, not France.

It is hard to figure out from the article, where In Tunisia is buried in the first sentence.

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2. Done (nt)

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3. Interesting... I support these ladies less than I supported Amina.

But at the same time, it feels wrong to support any woman getting a 4-month prison sentence for going topless. There's the whole 'when in Rome' thing, but still...

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4. Well maybe they saw them of breasts of mass distraction

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5. two months per breast

I wonder how long a single penis will get you in jail?

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6. Being they use metric maybe 1 month per centimeter?