Pussy Riot Sent To Prison Camps

gordilocks · Oct 22, 2012

Pussy Riot band members sent to remote prison camps | World news | guardian.co.uk

Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps to serve their sentences, the group has said.

Maria Alyokhina, 24, will serve the rest of her two-year term at a women's prison camp in Perm, a Siberian region notorious for hosting some of the Soviet Union's harshest camps. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, has been sent to Mordovia, a region that also hosts a high number of prisons.

"These are the harshest camps of all the possible choices," the band said via its Twitter account on Monday.

Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing an anti-Putin "punk anthem" in a Moscow cathedral in February. They argued that their conviction was part of a growing crackdown on free speech and political activism in Russia.
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timo · Oct 22, 2012

Fucking ridiculous, that's all I can say about it. Everyone should have the right to (peacefully!) protest, whether it's against the government, against religion, for free speech... anything. I don't really care what. But I do care that we should be allowed to protest, anywhere.

Dennis Lyxzen of Refused speaking up for Pussy Riot [31 August 2012] - YouTube

When people get hurt in the process it becomes a whole different story, I'm against violence no matter what.

Ridiculous · Oct 22, 2012

Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully Putin and co. will be removed from power as soon as possible.

jsmurf · Oct 22, 2012

Putin or not, Russia will never be known for her freedom.

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