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May 24, 2013

Jailed Pussy Riot Begins Hunger Strike in Russia 
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A Russian court has denied parole to a jailed member of the Russian
feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Maria Alyokhina announced this week she
was going on hunger strike after she was barred from attending her own
parole hearing. Fellow group member Nadia Tolokonnikova was also denied
parole last month. Both women are serving two-year sentences in remote
penal colonies for the group's protest against Russian leader Vladimir
Putin in an Orthodox Cathedral last year.

 

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