Sunday, July 28, 2013

Russia court rejects appeal by member of feminist rock group Pussy Riot

[JURIST] A regional court in Russia on Wednesday denied an appeal by Maria Alekhina, a member of the feminist rock band Pussy Riot [RAPSI backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Alekhina filed the appeal after a court denied her parole [JURIST report] in May. Alekhina and her fellow band mates, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevic, were sentenced [JURIST report] to two years in prison for "hooliganism" following the band's February 2012 performance of a protest song titled "Mother of God drive Putin...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/russia-court-rejects-appeal-by-member-of-feminist-rock-group-pussy-riot.php

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