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måndag 10 juni 2013

Hello our dear turkish friends!


Hello our dear turkish friends!
We have received your thankfulness as an answer for our support to your revolution!
Now we need to ask you for help and support for us!


12th of June four FEMEN activists who are imprisoned in Tunisia will face the trial by Sharia Law. They are prosecuted because they have done the protest against the islamisation of the countries of Arab spring and for women's freedom. Young women are threatened to stay in jail for 6 years(for Amina), 1-2 years(for Josephine, Pauline and Marguerite).
They are young freedom fighters 18-27 years old. 


We have only one hope to see them free if we'll unite all together to make an international pressure on the Islamist "justice" of Tunisia.
We warmly ask you to help in organization an action of solidarity with FEMEN prisoners in the very day of the hearing 12th of June at 12 o'clock. We ask you to help to organize militant pickets near the Embassy and Consulate of Tunisia in Istanbul and Ankara with the slogan FREE FEMEN.
Here is the addresses of the diplomatic missions:
12:00 12th of June
Ankara Kuleli Sok.No:12
06700
12:00 12th of June
Istanbul
Cumhuriyet cd.169/1, Elmadag
Please come and demand Freedom for FEMEN and for all Arab world!

Your FEMEN
http://femen.org/en/news/id/405#post-content
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Open letter of FEMEN to human rights organisations
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The women's movement FEMEN is appealing to international human rights organisations for help! Respected human rights activists, we appeal to you to draw attention to the gross violation of human rights currently happening in Tunisia!
Four young women are being held in a Tunisian prison for participating in non-violent protests conducted with the aim of protecting women's rights in the Republic of Tunisia. Initially catalysed by the actions of the Tunisian FEMEN activist nineteen Amina Tyler (Sboui), 19 years old, who on February 27, 2013 posted a topless photo of herself on Facebook, with her breasts bearing the slogan "Fuck your Morals". It was a protest against the norms of extremist-Islamic morality, which are being forcibly imposed on females in Tunisia by the current Islamic government. The next day, Tunisian Islamist leaders called on their followers to inflict physical violence on Amina by stoning. She was then kidnapped by her religious family and placed under house arrest, where she was subjected to physical and psychological violence. After escaping from home confinement and continuing her struggle, Amina held a peaceful protest in the Tunisian town of Kayrune on May 19, 2013 - protesting against the illegal meeting of Salafists. Amina wrote the word "FEMEN" on the fence of the religious complex, for which she was arrested and put in jail.
Amina is being threatened with absurd charges, including "possession of explosives" because of the gas in her aerosol spray, “vandalism” (although the inscription FEMEN could be easily washed off with water) and a "call to a breach of public morality." At the moment, Amina Tyler is facing criminal charges of "vandalism" with a penalty of up to two years in prison. Since May 19, Amin is being held in the jail of Kairouan, Tunisia's religious capital, where she is exposed to violence and humiliation. The judicial process deciding the fate of Amina is no longer public (and therefore, no longer open to the scrutiny of the public, the media and human rights organisations) - the second session (June 5) was held behind closed doors with no media access. Materials for this meeting are classified under the pretext of "secrecy of the investigation." All actions on behalf of the Tunisian authorities towards Amina are an example of gross violation of human rights, and an attack on freedom of conscience and expression. On June 4, 2013 Speaker I of International human rights organization Amnesty International recognized the criminal case against Amina's Tyler - politically, and her arrest - as illegitimate and called upon the Tunisian authorities to immediately release the FEMEN activist from custody.
In order to draw attention to the illegality of the trial of Amina, on 29th May 2013 European FEMEN activists held a peaceful topless rally in Tunisia in solidarity, calling out for her freedom. During the action, Tunisian police arrested three FEMEN activists: two citizens of France - Marguerite Stern (23), Pauline Hillier (27) - and one German citizen, Josephine Markmann (19). For more than a day activists were denied the right to communicate with their legal counsel, the consuls of France and Germany; their clothes were confiscated, and made it impossible to perform personal hygiene procedures. By making it difficult for others to access them and provide support, the authorities exerted psychological pressure and intimidation. For example, the FEMEN activists are subjected to prolonged, gratuitous and frequent movement around the city whilst isolated in special police transport, unable to communicate in French, or other languages, with those holding them. On May 30, 2013 three FEMEN activists were charged under two articles of the Criminal Penal Code Article 226 of Tunisia - "immoral behavior" and Article 226 (2) "outrages upon morality and public morality," with a potential sentence of 6 months in prison. The activists have been put under repressive restraint in the form of detention. On June 5, 2013 a first hearing was held at which the girls were taken to a costume resembling a paranzhu, which in this context are another form of psychological pressure and also served to hide any evidence of physical injury from observers. The court forbade anyone to film or photograph the proceedings, and tthe defendant did not have chance to provide a statement – instead, testimony was heard from a number of Salafist organizations, at the request of whom the judge postponed the hearing until June 12, leaving activists languishing in prison. We perceive that the inclusion of Islamist organisations in the judicial process entails the transformation of the secular court to a court operating under, and enforcing, Sharia law!
Finally, the dictatorial, repressive nature of the Tunisian authorities are demonstrated by the kidnapping and deportation of Tunisian FEMEN activist Alexandra Shevchenko, who arrived in Tunisia on June 4th to attend the trial of her fellow activists.Taking into account all the actions of the Tunisian authorities with regards to FEMEN activists and growing shariaisation of the legal sphere of modern Tunisia, the organization has every reason to fear for the life, health and freedom of its activists despite the fact that on May 7th during the official meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded from the prime minister of Tunisia Ali Larayedh the "fair trial for young women."
The FEMEN movement asks you not to remain indifferent to the plight of the female prisoners of the Tunisian state, who fearlessly fight against the threat presented by Islamization to the rights of women in the East. Only active intervention by international human rights organisations will prevent the Tunisian legal handling of FEMEN activists from turning into a "witch hunt." We call on you to support our demand to the Tunisian authorities to immediately release all FEMEN activists from prison and call an end to repression by civilian leaders!
Free Amina! Free FEMEN!
http://femen.org/en/news/id/403#post-content

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