Two members of the women’s movement Femen are facing jail time in Turkey for a protest against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The Huffington Post said, citing local reports.
The topless activists briefly disrupted municipal elections in March when they entered a polling station in Istanbul, where the prime minister was expected to vote. With “Ban Erdogan” written across their breasts, the two women stood on a table and yelled out the slogan to protest the criticized leader’s reign.
The Femen members were arrested after the stunt and detained by Turkish police. Annie Assouan, 24, and 26-year-old Elvire Duvelle-Charles — both reportedly French citizens — are now facing between one and three years behind bars for the brazen public protes