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Pussy Riot Forms NGO for Prisoners Rights Will Attend Women In The World Summit

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MAR 28, 2014 - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot have really been in the news a lot recently, I even heard Mika Brezhinski on Morning Joe say "Pussy Riot" the other day! The two activist-musicians have formed a NGO called Zona Prava "Law Zone" (Use Google Chrome to translate Russian),  a campaign to work for prisoner's rights and justice. Read about the NGO Zona Prava on Hollywood Reporter. Also, Pussy Riot will attend the Women In The World summit April 3-5, 2014 in New York. Read more about Nadezhda and Maria attending the WITW Summit on The Daily Beast.

Tom Toles Cartoon Attacks Putin and Cossacks for Beating Pussy Riot Members

FEB 24, 2014 - Tom Toles, the political cartoonist for the Washington Post, used his daily cartoon last week to criticize the Cossacks for beating up the members of Pussy Riot. The cartoon is below. (credit: Tom Toles/WaPo)

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Pussy Riot Holds Protest at Sochi Olympics, Attacked by Cossack Militia

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FEB 20, 2014 - The members of Pussy Riot, after being detained by police at the Sochi Olympics, staged a free speech action and protested against Putin and were attacked by Cossacks. People were pepper sprayed, beaten and whipped. See pics and read more on HuffPo here.

Members of Pussy Riot Detained at Sochi Anti Putin Song Was Planned

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FEB 1, 2014 - Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from the activist-musical art band Pussy Riot that were recently freed from prison have been detained in Sochi, Russia and falsely accused of a crime, and are being detained and questioned without a lawyer. They had planned on an anti-Putin song free-speech action at the Sochi Olympics, and apparently Putin must have got wind of it because he shut it down. Read more on CNN.com here.

USA Today: Pussy Riot members freed from prison

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DEC 20, 2013 - Russia and Putin, in a PR campaign because of the Sochi Olympics and not justice, passed an "amnesty law" for non-violent offenders. It resulted in the 2 members of Pussy Riot being freed from prison 3 months early . Read more on USA Today.

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