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Amina is free; viva Amina

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On August 2, 2013
  • 0 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN
Amina has been freed though she still faces charges. Her lawyer said: “Amina is still on trial for desecrating the cemetery but the public indecency and forming an alliance to assault properties and individuals charges have been dropped.” Congratulations to FEMEN and all those who fought to free her. We must continue the fight until […]
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Witch Trials in Tunisia

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 13, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia
The three young German and French FEMEN activists who protested topless at a Tunisian court in defence of Amina have been sentenced to four months in prison! According to an interview with one of their lawyers: We knew that the maximum sentence was six months. The court in Tunis has not gone so far but […]
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Amina Akbar

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 5, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN
Tunisian FEMEN activist Amina was brought back to court today in handcuffs and covered in a blanket. The “secret hearing” under police supervision meant that the decision of the court is unknown, according to FEMEN. Amina faces up to two years in prison for writing “FEMEN” on a mosque wall and carrying pepper spray for […]
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Release Amina and FEMEN activists now

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 2, 2013
  • 5 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN
On 30 May, FEMEN activist Amina Tyler went on trial on charges of ”desecration of a grave” and “carrying harmful weapons”. She had scrawled the slogan FEMEN on a mosque wall and had pepper spray for her own protection with her. The judge decided to keep her jailed and added the charge of “attack on […]
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Hands off our Amina!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 25, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN
Here’s an update from the campaign to defend Amina. FEMEN Tunisia activist Amina has been arrested and faces imprisonment. We must act to support her now. More details to follow. Here’s the letter: Hello to all of you. Thanks to you, we were able to collect 4730-euro. We collected 5525 USD (less 442 USD of indiegogo expenses […]
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Amina: No more moral lessons

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 4, 2013
  • 1 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia
Here is the latest photo from Amina Tyler of FEMEN Tunisia. No More Moral Lessons, indeed! You can donate to support Amina here; I just did. Amina continues her protests in Tunisia. On 1 May, Amina and other activists protested against the representatives of the Congress Party for the Republic Moncef Marzouki, including against the […]
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Support Amina!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 29, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia
Dear friends, Amina is asking for support! She is preparing to escape from Tunisia for her own safety. Please join the campaign to support Amina by donating here. As has been previously reported, Amina was kidnapped by her family after posting a topless photo of herself for Femen Tunisia. On April 12, Amina managed to […]
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Amina: “I will continue the struggle in Tunisia”

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 16, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia
Amina’s first talk with FEMEN’s Inna Shevchenko after her escape from detention. Amina was kidnapped, denied contact with friends and FEMEN, beaten, taken to a psychiatrist, drugged, forced to read the Koran and taken to imams though she is an atheist, taught “morals”, given a virginity test… all because she posted a topless photo of […]
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Today is our day to defend our Amina

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 5, 2013
  • 34 Comments
  • Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia
Updated 5 April, 22:00 hours April 4 was our day to defend our Amina. The 19 year old Tunisian FEMEN activist whose only “crime” was to post a topless photo of herself saying: “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour” and “fuck your morals”. Whilst she has done nothing wrong, […]
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Why an International Day to Defend Amina?

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 2, 2013
  • 7 Comments
  • 4 April, Amina, FEMEN, nudity, Tunisia
Below is a compilation of questions I have been responding to on 4 April for various journalists: Why an International Day to Defend Amina? When I heard that 19 year old Tunisian Amina had been threatened with death for posting a topless photo of herself bearing the slogan “my body belongs to me, and is […]
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