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Pussy Riot sentencing sparks international protest

By Katie | Published: August 20, 2012

TweetOn Friday, Judge Marina Syrova convicted three members of Pussy Riot the women of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, sentencing them to ”two years deprivation of liberty in a penal colony.” This is one year less than the three-year sentence sought by prosecutors. Syrova said the punk prayer Pussy Riot had performed in a Moscow cathedral [...]

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