France: FEMEN stages mock-hanging to protest Rouhani's visitto France

555 Activists from feminist protest group FEMEN staged a mock hanging under a bridge crossing the Seine, close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday, to protest against the official visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was invited to Paris by his French counterpart Francois Hollande. A Femen activist simulated a hanging from the Debilly gateway in the centre of the city, while other members of the group attached a large banner across the bridge reading "Welcome Rouhani, Excecutor of Freedom." SOT, Sarah, Femen activist (French): "We wanted to welcome Rouhani in style, by making it feel just like home. So we organised a little public hanging in order to remind him that every year, more than 800 people are condemned to death in his country. These include women, feminists, homosexuals and freethinkers, who are, at this very moment, languishing on death row, just because they are free thinkers. And as for Francois Hollande, he does not take this into account. He welcomes him this afternoon at the Elysee, to quietly drink tea, sign contracts and sell off the Airbus planes. It is clear that Francois Hollande has nothing to do with Human Rights. All that interests him is business. So shame on Francois Hollande and shame on Rouhani." Video ID: 20160128-015 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv

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