The Paris-based topless feminist group Femen is fighting for its right to protest bare-chested, saying the laws preventing its members from displaying their upper bodies to get their messages across are nothing short of discrimination against women.
Iana Zhdanova was the first Femen activist to be convicted of a topless stunt in France.
“For us at Femen, our chests are our weapons,” she was quoted as telling French daily Le Parisien.
Her lawyer, Marie Dosé, said that the ruling against her client was running against all principles regarding equality between men and women.