333. Aktionstag für Amina: 4. April 2013

On 4th April, we will breast them!

International Day to Defend Amina

On 4th April, actions will be held in Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brussels, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Kiev, London, Malmo, Milan, Montreal, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, San Francisco, Stockholm, Vancouver, and more to mark 4 April, the International Day to Defend Amina.

These actions along with countless other activities including posting topless photos, writing letters of protest to the Tunisian government, and Tweeting #Amina will aim to stand with 19 year old Tunisian and FEMEN activist, Amina, who has been threatened to death for posting a topless photo of herself in support of women’s rights. Amina has since disappeared and is being held by her family against her will.

Many have already taken a stand in her defence. Over 106,000 people have signed a petition and a large number have posted topless photos in her defence.

In the last interview she gave before she was kidnapped, she said women in Tunisia are ready for change: “That women have reached the height of self-determination: we no longer obey any authority, neither family nor religious. We know what we want and we make our own decisions.”

This is the wonderful woman we stand up for and with on 4th April to call for her freedom and safety and demand the prosecution of those who threaten and detain her.

Islamist cleric Adel Almi called for Amina’s flogging and stoning to death because he said Amina’s revolutionary actions would bring misfortune by causing “epidemics and disasters” and “could be contagious and give ideas to other women…”

On 4 April 2013 – International Day to Defend Amina – we will remind him, the Islamists and the world that the real epidemic and disaster that must be challenged is misogyny – Islamic or otherwise.

On 4 April we will breast them!

Long Live Amina!

1. To see a list of actions taking place on 4 April: visit

http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2013/03/24/lets-breast-them/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2013/04/05/our-day-defend-amina/

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/galeries-photos/photo/20130404.OBS6770/en-images-les-femen-solidaires-de-la-tunisienne-reprimee.html

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/femen-aktion-in-berlin-nackter-protest-vor-moschee/8021590.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2rzGPpeCg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0LFzJeMGM

2. To see the letter calling for an International Day to Defend Amina:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2013/03/21/4-april-2013-international-day-to-defend-amina-she-represents-us/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/inna-shevchenko/femen-topless-jihad_b_2954862.html