Saturday, June 9, 2012

Naked Photos - Euro 2012 protests: Femen activists go topless for women's rights

Naked Euro 2012 Pictures or Photos: Euro 2012 protests: Members of the Ukrainian feminist group, Femen, are dropping their tops in order to get something off their chests. On June 8, 2012, Femen activists flooded the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland in protest on the first day of the Euro 2012 championship. The activists are hoping to shed light on prostitution and the Ukrainian sex trade crisis while hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are watching. See more people who protest without their clothes on ...
The Femen activists are standing up for women's rights by going topless. The Kiev-based activist group has staged protests, like this one in Warsaw, Poland, throughout the Euro 2012 soccer championship because it considers the tournament a major threat to the safety of its defenseless female population.
'Ukrainian women have the unfortunate reputation as beautiful, cheap sex dolls, and when the fans get here that image will only be reinforced,' said Femen founder Anna Gutsol of the Euro 2012 championship.
One activist is evacuated by a security guard outside the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland during the first round of the Euro 2012 championship.
Femen activists block a subway entrance in Kiev on May 3, 2012. Ahead of Euro 2012, the women protested that the tournament could not guarantee women security during the summer of 2012.
This anti-Euro 2012 protester is carried out by security during the opening match of Europe's biggest soccer tournament on June 8, 2012.
Other French members of Femen took their tops off on June 1, 2012 in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris. This protest came just a week ahead of Europe's biggest soccer championship, Euro 2012.
The Femen women's rights group is recruiting international feminists to crash the Euro 2012 tournament with a series of high-profile topless protests. Here, an activist is cuffed in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012.
Femen activists hold signs that read 'Euro 2012 without prostitution' and 'UEFA attacked our gates.' The protesters line up in front of Olimpiyskiy National Stadium in Kiev hours before the UEFA Euro 2012 Final Draw ceremony on December 2, 2011.
Policemen arrest activists of the Ukrainian women's movement Femen as they stage a demonstration in Kiev protesting Euro 2012 on December 2, 2011.
Source: New York Daily News

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