There are some very brave young women out there!

Yet again our pathetic feminists are put to shame. Whilst 'feminists' in London obsess about the state of other women's pudenda, brave young women (braver by far) risk their liberty for others. The FEMEN movement, a politically active body based in Ukraine, takes public risks that could end in manhandling and sexual assault by the police.

Today 3 very brave young women demonstrated topless outside the KGB headquarters in Minsk (yes, it is still called the KGB, Committee of State Security, in Belarus). They were calling for freedom for the political prisoners who have been held since the demonstrations 12 months ago following the deeply flawed Belarusian Presidential elections.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQfSIBKsS8&feature=player_embedded

These women know they risk being manhandled and sexually humiliated by the Belarusian security services, but for them freedom is more important than designer vaginas (I still can't believe how pathetic our feminists are). The laws in Belarus, a socialist paradise, are harsh and opposition political activists can find themselves in prison just for holding meetings or being a Presidential candidate (seriously, this time last year more Presidential candidates were in prison than out). Because people in our country know little about Belarus they don't really care, but we have a virtual dictatorship in Europe and oppression is the order of the day. I know because I've been a witness to things that we would be appalled by in this country. I have many Belarusian friends and I feel for them. Belarus borders 3 EU states - Latvia, Lithuania and Poland - and yet most UK subjects seemingly can't find it on a map.

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