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Both women said police used force and threw them in a police van. Picture: AFP.

Pussy riot verdict

Pussy Riot members detained in Sochi

By Reuters

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova say police used force and threw them in a police van.

  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot member hospitalised

    Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s husband says she’s been admitted to hospital after going on a hunger strike.

    3159 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP

    Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike

    The band member is unhappy after she was barred from a parole hearing.

    3288 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot 'risk lives' in Soviet prisons

    Two members of Pussy Riot face harsh conditions where their lives may be in danger in Soviet-styled prisons.

    3493 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot got what they deserved - Putin

    The Russian president says the punk protest band threatened the country's moral foundations.

    3497 days ago
  • Pussy Riot. Picture: AFP.

    'Pussy Riot' member freed on appeal

    The Moscow court upheld prison sentences imposed on two other punk band members.

    3512 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Hackers target Russian court website

    Hackers have targeted the website of the Russian court that convicted punk band, Pussy Riot.

    3561 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Madonna criticises Pussy Riot verdict

    Madonna has joined a chorus of celebrities in slamming the jail sentence imposed on Pussy Riot.

    3564 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in jail

    The trio from punk band Pussy Riot, handcuffed in a courtroom cage, reacted with giggles.

    3566 days ago
  • Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), Maria Alyokhina (C) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot band members guilty

    Three women from the band were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.

    3566 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP

    Russia's Pussy Riot face verdict

    A Russian judge has put President Vladimir Putin's tolerance of dissent on trial with the Pussy Riot Verdict.

    3566 days ago
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