Femen Leader Gets Political Asylum in France

Inna Shevchenko
(Paris, France)

The head of the French branch of radical topless feminist group Femen, Ukrainian Inna Shevchenko, said Monday that Paris had granted her request for political asylum.

Shevchenko told AFP she had received notification from France's OFPRA refugee agency that her request had been granted, based on fears that she would face persecution in Ukraine for her political activities.

Shevchenko said she made a strategic choice to develop Femen in France.