Femen activists in Spain conducted a campaign against the " gag Law "

Two activists of the international movement Femen have been caught by Spanish law enforcement authorities in front of the Congress of deputies in Madrid, where on Tuesday held a parliamentary debate on the state of the nation.

The action began a few minutes before the speech of the Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Half-naked women chanted " Protest is not illegal!". On their bodies was written in English " Femen for freedom ", and in Spanish - "Spain without gag" and " looking for Spanish freedom. Video of the arrest of activists posted on

"legislative act gag" in Spain called the public security act, which in the beginning of winter last year blesed Parliament, which caused outrage across the country and led to mass protests. A lot of people think This law increased the penalties for violations during rallies and other public actions, infractions of human rights to freedom of speech and Assembly.

The penalty for particularly serious transgressions in the process of conducting meetings can range from 30 to 600 thousand euros. In addition, the law allows immediate expulsion from Spain of immigrants illegally crossing the border, without providing them the opportunity to apply for asylum.

The girls could not enter the house of the Congress of deputies or by the entrance they stopped and literally took at the hands of the police, and after a few minutes the girls were released.

One of the participants, by the name of Begona explained the Agency Europa Press that, by their actions, the Activists wanted to show that the law makes criminals of civil society ", although " any citizen can come to the doors of Parliament and say that he does not like the law."

The founder of the movement Femen in Spain Lara Alcazar (Lara Alcazar) in the direct action did not participate, but were on the scene." on a day like today, you should not only talk about bribery, but also about how reduced the freedom of civil society in Spain. This law violates the right to demonstrations, meetings, protests and does not give us the right to say, as the protest is illegal and criminal, it shall be punishable by a fine of up to 600 thousand euros, " she said.

The last action in the Spanish Parliament - then the Girls managed to penetrate into the boardroom - Femen held in October 2013 during the discussion of the abortion Law.

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