FEMEN Protest EURO 2012

An activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN wearing a penis costume stands in position on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

An activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN wearing a penis costume stands in position on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain activists of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty [Woman appears to have a cellphone in pants.]

Police detain an activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain an activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain an activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain an activist of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain activists of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain activists of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain activists of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine. Getty

Police detain activists of Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN during a protest on a flower bed in the form of EURO 2012 mascots Slavek and Slavko as another activist sprays a slogan on the grass in Independence Square in Kiev on May 31, 2012. The protest was held to oppose the staging of the Euro 2012 football championships in the Ukraine.