Artist performs naked protest in Cologne over sex attacks

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Artist performs naked protest in Cologne over sex attack
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A Swiss artist performed naked in front of iconic Cologne cathedral on Friday, nearby the city's main station where a series of sexual assaults again women occurred on year eve.

Milo Moire stood naked on the cathedral square, holding up a sign reading "Respect us! We are not fair game even when naked".

Police were present but did not interfere with the performance.

^{Swiss performance artist Milo Moire holds a sign infront of Cologne Cathedral. Photo: AP}

Police also stopped several young men in the area around the main station and cathedral, and asked them to move away from the area.

There was widespread shock over the scale and nature of sexual attacks in the city of Cologne on New Year's Eve.

Police said witnesses have described the perpetrators as being of "Arab or North African origin," but there's little solid information so far on who committed the assaults.

That has been seized on by some opponents of Germany's welcoming stance toward those fleeing conflict after the country registered nearly 1.1 million asylum-seekers last year.

Source: Telegraph