UKRAINE - FOOTBALL/SOCCER EURO 2012: Topless protesters storm Euro 2012 stadium ahead of quarter final

Record ID: 860127

  • Title: UKRAINE - FOOTBALL/SOCCER EURO 2012: Topless protesters storm Euro 2012 stadium ahead of quarter final
  • Date: 25th June 2012
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (JUNE 24, 2012) (REUTERS) FEMEN PROTESTERS CLIMBING ON TOP OF TURNSTILES OUTSIDE OF STADIUM WORKERS IN SHADE DRINKING VARIOUS OF TOPLESS PROTESTERS CHANTING 'FUCK EURO' SECURITY GUARD TRYING TO COVER PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF SECURITY TRYING TO GRAB PROTESTERS SECURITY MEN GRABBING SIGNS PROTESTER GRAPPLING WITH SECURITY OFFICER PROTESTERS AND SECURITY ON TOP OF TURNSTILES STRUGGLING SECURITY OFFICERS CLIMBING TURNSTILES, THEN SECURITY OFFICERS STRUGGLING WITH PROTESTERS SECURITY DRAGGING AWAY PROTESTER ENGLISH FANS APPLAUDING PROTESTER SCREAMING 'FUCK EURO' WHILE BEING CARRIED BY POLICE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES WHILE PROTESTER IS LOADED INTO VAN VARIOUS PROTESTERS CHANTING 'FUCK EURO' WHILE BEING PUT IN VAN WORKERS MOVING BARRICADES VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING 'FUCK EURO' WHILE BEING PUT IN VAN CAMERAMAN WITH ENGLAND FAN IN BACKGROUND POLICE VAN DRIVING AWAY ENGLAND FANS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND FAN STEPHEN, SAYING: "Protesting at the Euro...Something to do with women liberals here in Ukraine. They've done it before. With the cup this time." WORKERS ARRANGING BARRICADES
  • Embargoed: 10th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
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  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Politics,Sports
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  • Story Text: Topless activists from the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen climbed the turnstiles at Kiev's Olympic Stadium and chanted "Fuck Euro", in a protest on Sunday (June 24) they said was meant to call attention to the problem of prostitution in the country.
    The protest took place almost 12 hours ahead of England and Italy's Euro 2012 quarter-final match, so only protesters, stadium workers, security officers and a handful of fans were present near the stadium.
    Security officers tried to contain the women, struggling with them atop the turnstiles structure 10 feet above ground.
    A small group of England fans, who applauded the protesters, were on hand to see the protest. However, fans could not exactly articulate the point of the protest.
    They are "protesting at the Euro...Something to do with women liberals here in Ukraine. They've done it before. With the cup this time," said England fan Stephen who witnessed the event.
    Femen regularly stages protests in Ukraine - and sometimes beyond - to highlight what it sees as political injustice, social abuse and the exploitation of women in Ukraine.
    The group carries out topless protests to highlight the growth of the sex industry in Ukraine and has targeted the championship - which it says feeds sex tourism - and UEFA president Michel Platini.
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