Saturday, August 18, 2012

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via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by RT on 8/18/12
As the Pussy Riot sentence has creates a global outcry, with governments slamming it as “disproportionate” and the public rallying in “We are all Pussy Riot” demonstrations, Robert Naiman from Just Foreign Policy tells RT ...

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by The Huffington Post News Editors on 8/18/12
Pop superstar Madonna has again added her voice to the chorus of international outrage over the conviction of Russian punk band Pussy Riot on charges of hooliganism. Three members of the feminist music group were ...

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by Masha Lipman on 8/17/12
The trial of Pussy Riot ended as it began: as an egregious expression of contempt for law, justice, and common sense. The verdict was two years in prison camp for each of the three women.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by The Huffington Post News Editors on 8/17/12
Pussy Riot shows no signs of letting up. Despite being sentenced to two years of prison on charges of hooliganism, the Russian punk trio has released a new song.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by jasonmiks on 8/17/12
By Michelle Ringuette, Special to CNN Editor's note: Michelle Ringuette is chief of campaigns and programs at Amnesty International USA. The views expressed are her own.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by unknown on 8/17/12
Though three members of Pussy Riot were convicted earlier today for hooliganism in connection with a March punk prayer protest against Russian Preside.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by unknown on 8/17/12
A Moscow judge sentenced feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot today to two years in prison each for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. The jail s.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by Ben Zimmer on 8/18/12
previous post |. With the international attention given to the trial and conviction of members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, many have wondered online whether Pussy Riot is a translation of a Russian name. But no: the ...

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by RT on 8/17/12
The US State Department reacted to the Pussy Riot verdict by saying the sentences were “disproportionate.” The American stance on the issue is hypocritical, as Washington regularly casts a blind eye on controversial ...

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by RT on 8/16/12
A Moscow court has sentenced three members of Pussy Riot to two years in a medium-security prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and enmity.

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

CBS News

Pussy Riot sentence: How did it play in Russia?
Christian Science Monitor
One day after three young members of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for profaning a Russian Orthodox altar, the controversy over what they did and how the Russian state reacted to it shows every sign of growing. Skip to next ...
Russian Orthodox clerics forgive Pussy Riot for anti-Putin rant, call for mercyCBS News
What Pussy Riot teaches usCNN (blog)
Russian top clerics forgive Pussy Riot, ask for mercyNBCNews.com (blog)
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via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

Pussy Riot in Edinburgh
Huffington Post
You'd think that the World Day of Action for Pussy Riot, held on the day of their sentencing (no one ever imagined they wouldn't be convicted by the Russian court), would bring a crowd of outraged artists at the world's largest Fringe Festival into the ...

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via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

Russia Sentences Pussy Riot Members to Two Years in Jail
Businessweek
Prosecutors had sought three-year prison terms for the Pussy Riot band members, who performed a “punk prayer” in the country's main Christian Orthodox place of worship in February urging Putin's removal. “They deliberately sought a public scandal and ...

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

E! Online

Pussy Riot Prison Sentence: Fellow Artists React, Black Keys Vow Never to Play ...
E! Online
Pussy Riot's fellow artists aren't taking the Russian band's two-year prison sentence lightly. While performing in Moscow last week, Madonna applauded the courage of the all-girl punk trio, who at the time were on trial for staging a protest show at a ...

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

The Pussy Riot Trial Is Bad, But It's Definitely Not "Stalinism"
Forbes
What really has occurred in this case is that Pussy Riot was singled out to discourage others from challenging the establishment. It is wrong that three women in colorful costumes should be severely punished for a moment of expression. It is doubly ...

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/17/12

A Russian farce over a punk rock band
Washington Post
His poem, a satirical polemic, is worth recalling in the wake of a decision Friday by a Moscow judge to sentence three women who make up Pussy Riot, a punk rock band, to jail for two years as a punishment for their disrespectful performance art. Loading.

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/18/12

New York Times

Nimble Pussy Riot activist drops into Turkish jurisdiction
Sydney Morning Herald
FOR a few brief moments, the reaction of a protester to the news that three women in the punk band Pussy Riot had been found guilty of hooliganism nearly caused another international incident. The Moscow courthouse where the three women were ...
Protester Briefly Skitters Out of Russian JurisdictionNew York Times

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via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/17/12

Daily Beast

Trapped in Putin's Time Machine
Daily Beast
The next day three members of Pussy Riot would be convicted of felony hooliganism and sentenced to two years in penal colonies—for a protest they staged inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Feb. 21. The cathedral had been virtually empty ...

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/17/12

Pussy Riot releases single, gets support of US State Department
Los Angeles Times
Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow on Friday. They were sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of hooliganism. (Sergey Ponomarev ...

via Pussy Riot - Google News on 8/17/12

Pussy Riot and Russia's surreal 'justice'
CNN
The Pussy Riot case shines a much needed, if highly disturbing, spotlight on the issue of freedom of expression in post-Soviet Russia. On February 21, four members of the group performed what they call a "punk prayer" in Moscow's Russian Orthodox ...