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Protesters arrested at Moscow Women’s Day Pussy Riot demonstration
Moscow police made several arrests on Friday as dozens of activists staged a picket outside the headquarters of the Russian prison service on women’s day to call for the release of punk rock group s Pussy Riot. Around 50 people braved freezing temperatures to demonstrate outside the building, holding placards…
Bandmate: Russia could release jailed Pussy Riot members early
Freed Pussy Riot punk Yekaterina Samutsevich vowed to pursue every legal route to free her jailed bandmates, saying there was still a chance the Russian authorities could free the two women early. “The main task is to get Nadya and Masha out,” Samutsevich told AFP in an interview, using the…
Pussy Riot files case with top European rights court
Two jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot have taken their case to Europe’s top rights court, arguing that their rights to freedom of speech and a fair trial have been violated, their lawyer said Thursday. “A complaint has been sent to the European Court of Human Rights over violations…
Freed Pussy Riot member fights for jailed bandmates
KRASNOGORSK, Russia — Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich, freed on appeal after several months in jail, is in daily contact with her two jailed bandmates — and still fighting for their release. Samutsevich may still have a suspended sentence hanging over her head, but she called her release a victory…
Released Pussy Riot member says authorities are playing ‘strange game’ of ‘calculated harassment’
A member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot freed unexpectedly from prison said there was no split within the group, accusing the authorities of playing a “strange game” against the women. A Russian appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, but upheld the two-year prison…
Pussy Riot ruling sows division says Russia media
AFP - The court ruling that saw one member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot walk free from court has generated new tensions in a case that is far from over, Russian media reported on Thursday. A Russian appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, but…
Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail
A Russian appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of one member of punk band Pussy Riot after turning her two-year prison sentence into a suspended term but kept two others in jail with unchanged verdicts. The judge at the Moscow city court ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, after…
Pussy Riot appeal opens in Moscow
A Russian court on Wednesday opened a hearing into the appeal of three members of punk band Pussy Riot who were sentenced to two years in prison camp for performing an anti-Kremlin song in a cathedral. Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were all present in…
Report: Putin hails Pussy Riot jail terms
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the two-year jail sentences against three members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot for staging a performance protesting his rule, according to a report Sunday. “It was right to arrest them, and it was right that the court took the decision that it did,” Putin…
Orthodox activists interrupt Pussy Riot play in Russia
Russian Orthodox Church activists burst into a theatrical show about the Pussy Riot feminist punk band late Monday, shouting “Repent!” and “Why do you hate Russians,” filmed by a national channel. The dramatic twist came as a cutting-edge theatre put on a documentary show about the three jailed singers’ stunt…
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