Pussy Riot Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for “Hooliganism”
The trial of feminist punk group Pussy Riot has attracted global attention and has exposed Russia’s hardline against freedom of expression and dissent. The legal troubles for three band members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, and Maria Alyokhina, 24, began in March when they mounted an impromptu and unauthorized concert in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. They were quickly arrested and held in jail until their trial began in early July. Today, the group was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” BBC reports that “Judge Marina Syrova convicted the women of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, saying they had ‘crudely undermined social order’.” According to the verdict, the sentence is to begin from the date they were arrested, March 15, 2012.
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