Members of the topless protest movement Femen rallied at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Wednesday and hung a sign on the Venus de Milo in support of a Tunisian woman allegedly raped by two policemen. Seven members of the group founded in Ukraine stripped off their tops — slogans such as “NO = NO” painted on their torsos — and stepped inside the barrier around the ancient Greek statue. They hung a sign on the statue reading: “Rape me I am immoral”, in reference to the young Tunisian woman facing possible indecency charges in connection with the rape. Standing before the armless statue, the women chanted: “We have hands to stop rape” as tourists snapped away with their cameras. After a few minutes, a member of staff arrived and removed their sign. The women left quickly without incident. Protest organiser Inna Shevchenko, a 22-year-old who recently fled to France from Ukraine fearing persecution after cutting down a cross with a chainsaw, led six French women in the protest.
