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Pussy Riot vows no let-up in Russia human rights fight at Asia awards

Ade Adewale — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:38:36 +0000

Two Pussy Riot members on Friday vowed no let-up in their campaign against human rights abuses inside Vladimir Putin's Russia as they made their first overseas trip since being released from jail. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were…

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Pussy Riot back in Moscow ahead of first news conference

Adewale A. — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:06:37 +0000

The two freed members of anti-Kremlin Russian punk group Pussy Riot arrived back in Moscow on Friday after reuniting in Siberia, ahead of holding their first news conference since their release earlier this week. Maria Alyokhina, 25, had already passed…

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Pussy Riot punk freed from Russian prison

Adewale A. — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:04:19 +0000

Russia on Monday freed one of the jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot whose almost two-year incarceration for a performance against President Vladimir Putin prompted global outrage. The release of Maria Alyokhina from her prison in the city of Nizhny…

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Russia approves amnesty covering Pussy Riot, Greenpeace crew

Adewale A. — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:22:54 +0000

Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while also ending the prosecution of 30 Greenpeace crew members. Russia's Duma lower house of parliament voted…

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