A Madrid court has acquitted five activists of the Femen organization were tried for disrupting an anti-abortion march half-naked in Madrid in November 2013, in the first trial in Spain against members of the feminist collective.
Young were charged with public disorder offenses, exhibitionism, another against the exercise of fundamental rights and one more resistance to law enforcement.
The prosecutor requested nine months in prison and a fine of 1,800 euros (about $ 1,994 at current exchange rates) for each of them, and the prosecution asked for up to six and a half years in prison but the judge agreed to his acquittal.
The judge considers it proven that the five stormed the route of the demonstration with the naked torso and tried to approach the head of the march chanting slogans in favor of abortion.
But do not believe established that “interrupt or seriously disturb” the demonstration, nor did “obscene gestures” would show contempt or agents of authority.
The judge stressed that no crime of exhibitionism in teaching breasts without sexual purpose, but as vindictive act of womanhood and without even stating that minors would see them.
The judge also remember, that does not appear that one is used violence or consist injury to persons or damage to property.
also saw crime of public disorder and resistance to agents of authority, as the testimony of the agents was “not convincing nor conclusive.”
against the ruling may be appealed to the Provincial Court of Madrid.
Femen has a second open in Spain cause, in which two activists chained themselves to the crucifix on the high altar of the Almudena Cathedral with the slogan investigates “Altar to abort “written on his naked torso in June 2014.
This case is awaiting the filing of the indictment of the prosecution and defense processed to fix the trial date.
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