After jail, Pussy Riot focuses on prisons
Russian feminist rockers fight system holding 700,000 â the world's largest per capita prison population after the US
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Russian feminist rockers fight system holding 700,000 â the world's largest per capita prison population after the US
Russian feminist rockers fight system holding 700,000 - the world's largest per capita prison population after the US
Police arrest as many as 200 people protesting the conviction outside the courtroom
Members of the group were attacked with pepper spray and whips by Cossack militia
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said on Twitter that she and Maria Alekhina were detained while simply 'walking around Sochi'
The anonymous collective says Nadya's and Masha's activism goes against feminist radical politics of Pussy Riot
Consider This correspondent Gianna Toboni interviewed two members of Pussy Riot before "Bring Human Rights Home" concert
Musicians take part in Amnesty International concert aimed at inspiring a new generation of activists
In their first US appearance, members of Russian punk band also speak out on alleged rights abuses at Winter Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trying to quell human rights criticism; protests will likely be limited