Tunisia prosecutor demands harsher sentence for feminist in Tunisia
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A lawyer says a prosecutor has appealed a sentence that a court gave to a Tunisian feminist for possessing pepper spray as not harsh enough.
Amina Sboui is a member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen.
Known by her pseudonym Amina Tyler, she shocked Tunisia by protesting the treatment of women by posting topless photos of herself on Internet.
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In May, she was arrested in the central city of Kairouan while planning another protest. She was convicted of carrying pepper spray and fined about $180 under an 1894 law against carrying "burning objects."
Defense lawyer Mokhtar Jannene said Monday that a prosecutor is demanding the maximum sentence of six months.
Sboui remains in prison while the court also considers other charges against her.