Three feminist activists have been arrested for holding a topless demonstration outside a court today in protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member of Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN.

FEMEN activist Amina Tyler, 19, was arrested at another protest against Islam’s treatment of women earlier this month after she sparked outrage across Tunisia by posting topless pictures of herself online.

A Muslim preacher called for the student to be stoned after the pictures, showing Tyler with the words: ‘My body belongs to me’ written across her bare chest in Arabic, were uploaded to Facebook.

She was later taken into hiding by her family after conservative preachers issued death threats against her.

Her supporters, three foreign activists, today disrobed in front of the Justice Ministry to protest against the court case.

The trio, one German and two French, approached the entrance to the ministry wearing coats which they took off, revealing naked torsos scrawled with ‘Breasts Feed Revolution’.

The crowd surrounded the area where the women were being held and when the activists were transferred to a nearby building the crowed surged forward before being fended off by police.

‘The Ministry of Justice is not a house of ill repute,’ said Fawzia Dridi, an angry bystander.

The crowd also attacked journalists attempting to cover the event as well as lawyers who tried to protect the reporters.

Tunisia’s prosecutor’s office later announced the women had been taken to main police station for questioning before being charged, and their embassies have been informed. The French consul visited the women and said they were in good spirits.

Lawyers said they could be charged with an attack on public morals or threatening public order, offenses which could carry up to a year in prison.