[2] On 17 August 2012, following the conviction and sentencing in Moscow (Russia) of Pussy Riot, core FEMEN member Inna Shevchenko used a chainsaw to cut down a five-meter Christian cross near Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv.
15 activists marched topless from the metro station Château Rouge to the Lavoir Moderne Parisien, where their new headquarters are located, and organized a press conference there.
[4] On 3 October 2012, French activists protested against rape by standing topless in front of the Venus de Milo statue in the Louvre Museum.
[5][6] On 15 October 2012, 8 topless activists protested in front of the French Ministry of Justice at the Place Vendôme in Paris in response to the verdict in the trial of fourteen men for the gang rape of teenage girls.
[10] 28 January 2016: Topless Femen activist "hangs" herself to protest against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Paris[11][12] In March 2016, three Femen activists were acquitted of exhibitionism for a topless protest held in February 2015, coinciding with former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrival at his trial for "aggravated pimping.