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Profile: the Pussy Riot case

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The Pussy Riot controversy

On February 21, five masked members of the Pussy Riot punk-group performed a protest song called "Holy Sh*t" at the altar of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. The video of their performance was posted on the Internet and incited a major public uproar. Three suspected Pussy Riot members are now under detention, facing up to seven years in prison for hooliganism.

15:20 20/08/2012 According to advocacy website freepussyriot.org, Pussy Riot is a punk rock collective that formed in October 2011 with the aim of protesting policies unfavorable to such human rights principles as gender equality, democracy, and freedom of expression. More »
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Pussy Riot's Alyokhina denied parole

15:58 23/05/2013 The Berezniki City Court in the Perm Territory has denied Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's request for parole.

Paul McCartney shows support to jailed Pussy Riot members

10:47 23/05/2013 Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has written letters to Russian authorities in support of two members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot, who were jailed last August on offical charges of hooliganism.

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina declares hunger strike

14:33 22/05/2013 Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has gone on a hunger strike after The Berezniki City Court in the Perm Territory denied her access to the hearing of her parole appeal.

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina denied access to parole hearing

11:11 22/05/2013 The Berezniki City Court in the Perm Territory has denied Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's request to attend the hearing of her appeal for parole.

Another prison penalty imposed on Pussy Riot's Alyokhina overturned

12:48 20/05/2013 The Perm Territorial Court has overturned another penalty imposed on Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina in her prison in Berezniki.

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to hunger strike if not allowed in court

17:50 16/05/2013 Sentenced Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina is prepared to go on a hunger strike if she is not allowed to present in person at a hearing appealing for her release on parole.

Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova denied parole

19:58 26/04/2013 Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who is serving a two-year sentence for a "punk prayer" to remain in prison as her bid for parole was rejected on Friday.

Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina transferred out of isolation

14:44 26/04/2013 Imprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was moved to a regular cell on Thursday in accordance with a court judgment which invalidated the prison administration's decision to transfer her to isolation.

Defense team seeks alternative opinion on Tolokonnikova’s psych assessment

13:12 26/04/2013 A court in the central Russian region of Mordovia has approved a request filed by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s defense team to allow a psychologist to provide an alternative opinion on the prison’s psychological assessment of Tolokonnikova, RAPSI learned in court Friday.

Pussy Riot defense seeks abolition of conviction

17:39 17/04/2013 Attorneys for Pussy Riot have addressed Moscow City Court Chairwoman Olga Yegorova with a request to overturn the hooliganism conviction handed down last summer against the punk group members.

Pussy Riot's lawyer to appeal for Alyokhina's parole

10:08 12/04/2013 The lawyer of Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who was sentenced for hooliganism in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, has filed an appeal for her clients release on parole.

Pussy Riot's lawyer to file new appeal against Moscow court decision

15:10 08/04/2013 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova plan to appeal the decision of the Moscow City Court, which dismissed previous pleas to reverse their sentences.

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova's parole appeal set for April 26

16:50 05/04/2013 The hearing of Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's parole appeal has been scheduled for April 26, a Mordovian court reported on Friday.

Former Pussy Riot lawyers' suit against Kommersant and new attorney postponed

12:51 21/03/2013 On Thursday the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow postponed until May 20 the prehearing of the defamation lawsuit filed by former Pussy Riot lawyers against Kommersant Publishers and lawyer Irina Khrunova, who represented one of the punk group members at the cassation stage.

Prison refuses to support Pussy Riot Tolokonnikova's parole bid

20:12 14/03/2013 A commission that assesses prison inmate behavior has decided against supporting Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's bid for parole, chairman of Mordovia's public monitoring committee Gennady Morozov told RIA Novosti.

No penalty for prison rules violation for Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova

17:03 07/03/2013 The disciplinary commission has decided against penalizing Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who is serving a two-year sentence in a Mordovian prison for a 'punk prayer' at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova seeks parole on grounds of having young child

12:38 07/03/2013 Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who is serving a two-year sentence for committing an act of hooliganism in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in February 2012, has appealed for an early release on parole on the grounds she has a young child.

Human rights commissioner asks court to overturn Pussy Riot verdict

11:12 06/03/2013 Human rights commissioner Vladimir Lukin has supported an appeal filed by the Pussy Riot defense team against the two-year sentence handed down to two of the group's members for performing their now infamous punk prayer at the altar of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow in February 2012.

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to stay in jail despite child's age - appeals court

12:15 04/03/2013 The Perm Territory Court has dismissed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's appeal against the decision to reject her deferment plea.

Siberian woman's compensation claim against Pussy Riot tossed out on appeal

12:00 19/02/2013 The Moscow City Court has upheld the ruling of the lower court to dismiss the compensation lawsuit filed by Novosibirsk resident Irina Ruzankina against the Pussy Riot punk rock group.

Pussy Riot files complaint with ECHR

12:13 07/02/2013 The three members of punk group Pussy Riot, who were sentenced to two-year prison terms for staging a protest in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral last year, have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Pussy Riot civil claim granted right to appeal

18:16 01/02/2013 Moscow’s Kuntsevsky District Court granted a plaintiff in a civil suit against the infamous Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot the right to appeal an earlier decision to dismiss his claim.

Pussy Riot member's prison complaint to be heard February 1

15:21 31/01/2013 The Berezniki City Court has suspended until Friday the hearing of Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's complaint that she was unlawfully punished in prison.

Pussy Riot member denied access to trial over group's videos

15:10 30/01/2013 The Moscow City Court has rejected on Wednesday a Pussy Riot member's appeal against the verdict to deny her access to the group's videos extremist hearings.

Penal colony to consider disciplinary complaints of Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina

18:49 29/01/2013 A Perm Territory court that ruled earlier this month that Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina would serve out the remainder of her punk-prayer sentence despite appeals for lenience so that she might care for her young child told RAPSI Tuesday that the band member’s complaints against the prison are not within the court’s bailiwick at this point.

Former Pussy Riot lawyers sue their replacement and Kommersant

10:29 22/01/2013 Pussy Riot's former attorneys have filed defamation claims against their replacement Irina Khrunova and Kommersant daily news, former attorney Violetta Volkova tweeted Monday.

Pussy Riot sentence mitigation hearing - live updates

20:21 15/01/2013 The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) hosts a live text broadcast of Pussy Riot member Mariya Alyokhina’s motion to have her sentence suspended due to the age of her young child.

Pussy Riot's Samutsevich revokes complaints lodged against former attorneys

15:20 14/01/2013 Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich has revoked her complaint against her former attorneys from the Moscow Bar Association, said attorney Violetta Volkova, one of the lawyers in question.

Samutsevich to appeal Pussy Riot extremism ruling Jan. 24

18:02 10/01/2013 On January 24, Moscow City Court will hear Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich's appeal of an earlier declaration of video footage of the group's various antics should be banned due to their extremist content.

Appeal over Pussy Riot extremist videos adjourned

13:54 24/12/2012 The Moscow City Court has cancelled the consideration of an appeal by Pussy Riot’s band member Yekaterina Samutsevich against the ruling to declare the band’s videos extremist and restrict access to them.

Pussy Riot girls out of New Year celebration due to early lights-out

12:14 20/12/2012 Pussy Riot band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, sentenced to two years in prison for disorderly conduct in the Christ the Savior Cathedral, will not be able to celebrate New Year because of the strict rules kept at their penal colony.

Freed Pussy Riot member Samutsevich appeals extremism ruling

18:31 30/11/2012 Freed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich appealed the verdict declaring a video montage of Pussy Riot’s punk rock prayer extremist, and thus imposing a Russia-wide ban on the footage.

Pussy Riot video deemed extremist, banned in Russia

12:34 29/11/2012 A Moscow judge held Thursday that a video montage that spread across the Internet like wildfire of Pussy Riot's now infamous punk rock prayer qualifies as extremist material, thus upholding prosecutors' efforts to have the footage banned in Russia.

Motion on deferral of Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova punishment goes to court

10:34 28/11/2012 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's new lawyer has filed an application with the Zubovo-Polyansky Court in Mordovia requesting to have her punishment postponed until her child is 14 years old.

Publisher suspends sale of books on Pussy Riot

10:06 27/11/2012 The Eksmo publishing house has suspended the sale of book "PUSSY RIOT. What was it all about?" because the lawfulness of the publication is in doubt.

Pussy Riot video case will not involve Samutsevich

12:45 20/11/2012 The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky District Court has refused to involve Yekaterina Samutsevich in the case on declaring the video of Pussy Riots punk prayer at the Christ the Savior Cathedral extremist.

Jailed Pussy Riot members get new defense attorney

11:23 20/11/2012 Attorney Irina Khrunova will be representing the interests of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who have been sentenced to two years in prison for disorderly conduct at the Christ the Savior Cathedral.

Text coverage of Pussy Riot video extremism trial. Part 1

16:31 14/11/2012 The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) hosted live text coverage of the hearing to determine whether video footage of Pussy Riot’s punk rock prayer should be banned in Russia due to its “extremist” content.

Claim by Pussy Riot girl for involvement in extremism case rejected

11:56 09/11/2012 A Moscow district court has rejected freed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich's request to be involved in the claim pending for recognition of video footage of the band's punk prayer as extremist.

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova seeks sentence deferment until child comes of age

17:11 07/11/2012 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who was sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism at the Christ the Savior Cathedral, has asked the court to postpone her sentence until her daughter comes of age.

Clash over Pussy Riot brand bursts out

11:53 02/11/2012 A conflict has arisen between Pussy Riot band member Yekaterina Samutsevich and the group's trial attorney Mark Feygin over the commercial use of the Pussy Riot brand.

Pussy Riot members reach prison

17:09 24/10/2012 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were earlier sentenced to two years in prison for disorderly conduct, have reached the prisons where they will serve their sentences.

Freed Pussy Riot member goes to ECHR

10:18 19/10/2012 Yekaterina Samutsevich, the only Pussy Riot punk band member to have been released on probation, has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights claiming the violation of her right to freedom of expression, that she was unlawfully prosecuted, and that her arrest was unfounded.

Pussy Riot again denied permission to serve term in Moscow

12:54 16/10/2012 Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, sentenced to two years in prison for disorderly conduct based on religious hatred, have again been denied the permission to serve their term in a Moscow pretrial detention center.

Dismissal of lawsuit against Pussy Riot challenged

18:01 15/10/2012 Novosibirsk resident Irina Ruzankina has contested a Moscow district court's ruling to turn down her lawsuit against the convicted Pussy Riot members for moral damages.

Pussy Riot members request to serve time in Moscow denied

19:58 10/10/2012 Pussy Riot punk rock collective members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina will not be allowed to serve their prison sentences in Moscow, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS).

Pussy Riot member Samutsevich sentence reduced to probation

14:43 10/10/2012 The Moscow City Court commuted Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich’s hooliganism sentence from two years in a prison colony to immediate release with probation Wednesday during the group’s appeal of its collective sentence for hooliganism motivated by religious enmity.

Pussy Riot appeal - live updates

12:15 09/10/2012 The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) is hosting live text coverage of the hotly anticipated Pussy Riot appeal from the Moscow City Court.

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