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Three Russian women, imprisoned for speaking out
Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich were each sentenced to two years in prison on 17 August 2012, after a Moscow court found them guilty of ‘hooliganism… on grounds of religious hatred’ for performing as members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot in an Orthodox cathedral in early 2012. The Moscow courts must respect the women’s right to free speech and release them.
Punk prisoners of conscience
We believe that the three women have been punished for their politically-charged messages and challenging of the Russian State authorities – not, as the courts claim, for ‘religious hatred’ and ‘hooliganism’. They’re prisoners of conscience, sentenced for speaking out.
Relentless persecution by authorities
We’re concerned that two other members of Pussy Riot, not charged alongside the three detained women, are on a Moscow police ‘wanted list’. The city authorities have launched a clear campaign of criminal persecution against the members of Pussy Riot. We’re asking for the persecution to stop.
Appeal imminent
Pussy Riot’s appeal will be heard before the Moscow court on 10 October (delayed from its original date of 1 October 2012).
We will continue to ask the Moscow authorities to reconsider their treatment of Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich. We need your help.
Use the form below to email the Prosecutor overseeing the case in Moscow, and the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
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