Topless Ukrainian feminists arrested in the snow in Davos as they try and storm political summit

By DAVID BAKER

Feminism: Nudist group FEMEN clash with Swiss police during a protest at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos

Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained today as they bid to break into an invitation-only gathering of CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the world's poor.
With temperatures around freezing in the snow-filled town, they took off their tops and tried to climb a fence before being detained.
After a complicated journey to reach the heavily guarded Swiss resort town of Davos, the Ukrainians arrived at the entrance to the complex where the World Economic Forum takes place every year.

'Crisis! Made in Davos,' read one message painted across a protester's torso, while others held banners that said 'Poor, because of you' and 'Gangsters party in Davos.'
Davos police spokesman Thomas Hobi said the three women were taken to the police station and told that they weren't allowed to demonstrate.
He said they would be released later today.
The activists are from the group Femen, which has become popular in Ukraine for staging small, half-naked protests to highlight a range of issues including oppression of political opposition.

Summit: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne speaks during at the World Economic Forum

They have also conducted protests in other countries.
'We came here to Switzerland to Davos to explain the position of all poor people of the world, to explain that we are poor because of these rich people who now sit in the building,' said protester Inna Schewcenko.
They were joined by demonstrators from the Occupy movement, which started with opposition to practices on Wall Street, who marched separately to the edge of the gathering.

Supachai Panitchpakdi, the head of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, pointed to protests at the forum and around the world to highlight the growing disparity between frustrated unemployed young people, who have no voice, and the financiers who continue to reap huge salaries.
He said 'Today we do everything to please the financial markets and you can see the financial market going and going, but they don't serve the real economy. They serve themselves.'

source :dailymail