One member of Pussy Riot freed, but others still facing two years

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by aubin on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 2:30 PM (EDT)

The briefly delayed appeal of Pussy Riot members which was held today in Russia has led to a encouraging outcome for one of the three women, but less good for the other two. The court did not argue the substance of the verdict, but issued a suspended sentence for Yekaterina Samutsevich because she was thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could remove her guitar from its case and take part in the protest performance.

Maria Alekhina, who will remain in jail, made a statement from the court:

We didn't mean to offend anyone. We went to the cathedral to express our protest against the joining of the political and spiritual elites.

The case has received widespread condemnation from around the world, including Amnesty International who noted:

To see these two women sent to a Russian penal colony for the crime of singing a song undercuts any claim that Putin and the Russian government have to democracy and freedom of expression," It's a very cold climate for human rights in Russia right now."

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NFGPunx (October 10, 2012)

These gurls are very very ugly with thosd funny hats althouh i liked theyre color coding, lol1 I dont think that one in the middle even knows how to play that bass, lol jk!!! Im sure she is good. I herd people talking about these people at school the other day. What do they sing anything i would know?!?

MN_DrNick (October 10, 2012)

Can a mod finally ban this troll, please?

NFGPunx (October 10, 2012)

I think we should ban you, i dont think youre even a real doctor, lol!!jk! You guys like to say mean things to me but i think we all know this place sucks without me, lol!!

kiraface (kira) (October 10, 2012)

Banning is not in my job description. However, editors can see IP addresses, so we know who's moonlighting with fake accounts.

smelltheglove (October 10, 2012)

Unless you can publicly shame them, that means nothing to anyone and we are stuck with them :(

schaumpton (October 10, 2012)

Agreed. Spill this jerk's identity and let the mob take over.

nickvicious (October 10, 2012)

Proxy IP, you'll never catch me!

killtaker (October 10, 2012)

Kira: Create your own fake account and out him (or her). I don't know if I believe in banning but this person is a fuckhole.

BrodyDanger (October 10, 2012)

0/10

ExtraCheesePizza (October 10, 2012)

I doubt Russia's cold climate is that selective, Amnesty International.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (October 10, 2012)

Now people who've used a fucking hashtag can feel like they've accomplished something with their lives. Good.

nickvicious (October 10, 2012)

#sotrue. #kony2012.

NFGPunx (October 10, 2012)

Hey no reason to use curse words. Maybe we should ban THIS troll #loljk.

nickvicious (October 10, 2012)

In the video and pictures of the "Punk Prayer" there is at least 3 women on the stage (altar?). So, the cops only picked up 2 of the girls and arrested the one who didn't even get to play? Don't understand...

punk_sk (October 10, 2012)

There were 5 all together. Two were not arrested, and later fled Russia.

PornoDave (October 11, 2012)

The whole pussy riot thing is a complete waste of peoples attention. They did what they were charged with, and while in most countries the penalties wouldn't be so severe, in the us it'd fall under trespass and maybe inciting a riot (or trying to), and possibly even some sort of terrorist charge. There are so many better causes, especially in russia. This isn't some sort of WM3 stuff were there's evidence to suggest they didn't do it, so find a cause where people are on the end of actual injustice. I'm sure the cops killed someone the other day, try that.