A court in Tunisia has freed three European feminists jailed for staging a topless protest.
Bahri Souhaib their lawyer said their sentences had been suspended, and that they would leave Tunisia as soon as possible
The members of the activist group Femen - two French and one German - were arrested outside a courtroom in Tunis.
They were sentenced to four months and one day in prison after being convicted of public indecency, in a protest in support of a Tunisian activist.They were also convicted of offending public morals and threatening public order.
The women - Pauline Hillier, Marguerite Stern and Josephine Markmann - argued that there had been nothing sexual or offensive about their protest, the first of its kind seen in the Arab world
Bahri Souhaib their lawyer said their sentences had been suspended, and that they would leave Tunisia as soon as possible
The members of the activist group Femen - two French and one German - were arrested outside a courtroom in Tunis.
They were sentenced to four months and one day in prison after being convicted of public indecency, in a protest in support of a Tunisian activist.They were also convicted of offending public morals and threatening public order.
The women - Pauline Hillier, Marguerite Stern and Josephine Markmann - argued that there had been nothing sexual or offensive about their protest, the first of its kind seen in the Arab world
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