Friday 17 August 2012

Pussy Riot and Russia's surreal 'justice'

Though three members of Pussy Riot were convicted earlier today for hooliganism in connection with a March punk prayer protest against Russian Preside.

A Moscow judge sentenced three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison each on hooliganism charges on Friday.

By By NATALIYA VASILYEVA, Associated Press – 3 minutes ago. MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow judge sentenced three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges on Friday following a trial seen around

By Judith Evans (AFP) – 6 hours ago. 1535 GMT: We conclude our live report for the day now, after a Moscow court convicted the three members of protest band Pussy Riot — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich,

That's a horrific bit of news, that artists can't express without risking imprisonment. Here in the US protesters get arrested for protesting against ecological perpetrators or for videotaping police. Here's a page that's being updated regularly. p*ssy


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