A Femen activist tries to steal the Baby Jesus from St. Peter’s Square to denounce Russian war crimes

A Ukrainian activist from Femen has been arrested for trying to steal the figure of the baby Jesus of the nativity scene St. Peter’s Squarein Vatican City, to denounce the theft of Ukrainian children to later be deported to Russia.

The events occurred on Friday morning, when the woman jumped into the cordoned off area where the nativity scene has been installed, took off her shirt and remained naked to show the messages”Where is my son?” and “Putin is a war criminal“.

Police sources explained to the media that the activist was a 25-year-old Ukrainian citizen what was arrested for resisting and injuring a public official. Also She was reported for obscene acts in a public place.

In your websiteFemen explained that the gesture was to “raise awareness about Russia’s war crimes against Ukrainian children.”

Femen organized a manifestation in the area to promote “awareness” for the russian war crimes against children in Ukraine, focusing on the 700,000 children who, according to the same statement, have been forcibly displaced to territories occupied by Russia.

Also they denounce the inaction of the Pope and international institutions such as the UNarguing that the protest was the result of helplessness in the face of this crime. “Pope, if God’s will manifests through you, use it to return the stolen children to Ukraine,” the statement reads.

It is not the first time that this organization carries out a similar action in the area. In 2014 and in 2017 Two other activists were arrested when they tried to take the figure of the Baby Jesus from the Vatican Nativity Scene.

Then, the organization defended that they intended denounce the violation of a woman’s right to her own body.