Topless Tunisian feminist faces 6 months in jail
Amina Tyler charged with possessing a ‘dangerous object,’ a pen-sized protection device containing tear gas or pepper spray
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The lawyer of a Tunisian woman who gained notoriety for posting online topless pictures of herself as a protest on Friday said her client faces six months in prison for carrying a dangerous object.
Mokhtar Jannene said Friday his client Amina Tyler has been charged with possessing a pen-sized personal protection device containing tear gas or pepper spray.
Tyler was arrested after she tried to hold a protest for the rights of women Sunday in the religious center of Kairouane where ultraconservative Muslims had planned to hold a conference.
Witnesses said she scrawled FEMEN, the name of a Ukrainian feminist group that uses nudity in protests, on the wall of a cemetery near the main mosque.
She will appear in court Thursday.
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