Please sign a petition demanding Russian authorities transfer members of Pussy Riot out of the country's extremely brutal prison camps. Two members of the feminist punk rock collective were convicted of "hooliganism" and sentenced to two years for an irreverent performance inside a church. Due to inhumane treatment, one of the women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, is already in danger of dying.
In solidarity,
Anne Slater
National Organizer, Radical Women
P.S. You can find out more about Russia's crackdown on dissenters in a piece about global solidarity expressed for Putin opponents in Russia and in a Radical Women statement made at a rally against political repression in Russia.
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From Watchdog.net:
From Watchdog.net:
The prisons in Perm and Mordovia are some of the harshest camps in all Russia, known for severely unhealthy conditions, a complete absence of privacy and a brutal social hierarchy. Don't make Nadezhda a martyr: call for Pussy Riot's transfer now!
Sign the Petition! Share on Facebook! The prisons in Perm and Mordovia are some of the harshest camps in all Russia, known for severely unhealthy conditions, a complete absence of privacy and a brutal social hierarchy where convicts are subject to abuse and sexual violence by both prison guards.
This summer, Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, began two-year prison sentences there for daring to stand against Vladimir Putin. Now Nadezhda has been hospitalized after toiling in prison yards around the clock -- and sources say her life is in danger.
Sign the Petition! Share on Facebook! The prisons in Perm and Mordovia are some of the harshest camps in all Russia, known for severely unhealthy conditions, a complete absence of privacy and a brutal social hierarchy where convicts are subject to abuse and sexual violence by both prison guards.
This summer, Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, began two-year prison sentences there for daring to stand against Vladimir Putin. Now Nadezhda has been hospitalized after toiling in prison yards around the clock -- and sources say her life is in danger.
Media attention this summer already caused Putin's puppets to stop pushing for the maximum penalty and pardon one member of the group. Don't let Nadezhda become a martyr for dissent: call for Pussy Riot to be transferred to a Moscow facility now!
- PETITION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RUSSIAN PENAL AUTHORITIES: There is no reason to deny Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova the right to serve their two-year prison terms in Moscow to be closer to their children. The world is watching: Transfer Maria and Nadezhda now!
Click here to sign -- it just takes a second.
Thanks, -- The folks at Watchdog.net
P.S. If the other links aren't working for you, please go here to sign:
Thanks, -- The folks at Watchdog.net
P.S. If the other links aren't working for you, please go here to sign:
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