Flag down the insult!

A group of Ukrainian women activists is being prosecuted for having desecrated the Indian flag recently. Members of the Femen group, who have gained international notoriety with their topless protests, scaled the balcony of the Indian Cultural Centre in Kiev and also turned their anger on the residence of the Indian ambassador in the capital, striking the door with the pole that hoisted the Indian flag.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General’s Office meanwhile has opened a criminal case against the group. The feminist activists were protesting against a report that Indian authorities are to scrutinise Ukrainian visa applications as part of a crackdown on immigrant prostitution.
Indian consular officials have been told to screen visa applications from women aged between 15 and 40 from several eastern European countries. Femen activist Oleskandra Shevchenko said: “Ukrainian women are not prostitutes... we’ve been fighting this image. Shame on India for trying to insult us this way.”