Maria of Pussy Riot hunger strikes: UPDATE: now in hospital

UPDATE: Pussy Riot member on hunger strike moved to hospital

A member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who went on hunger strike in jail last week has been taken to hospital. Maria Alyokhina was moved to a hospital in her prison colony in the Urals town of Berezniki, the husband of one of her bandmates told the Associated Press. Alyokhina began her protest after being barred from attending a parole hearing. She and two other members of the Pussy Riot group were jailed after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral in February 2012. One, Yekaterina Samutsevich, had her sentence suspended on appeal last October. Another, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, was denied parole last month. In a letter published by her lawyers earlier this week, Alyokhina claimed prison officials were attempting to turn fellow inmates against her by holding a security crackdown in advance of the parole hearing. Alyokhina previously spent five months in solitary confinement after claiming that officials deliberately lodged her with hardened criminals and encouraged them to intimidate her.The Pussy Riot trio were jailed for two years last August after being convicted of a breach of public order motivated by religious hatred. The prosecution prompted worldwide condemnation, with Sir Paul McCartney among those calling for the band members to be freed.

• 23 May 2013
  • Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina denied parole

    

    Europe / 23 May 2013… like a court hearing but like arm-twisting,”. A Russian court denies parole to a hunger-striking member of punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina,…
• 22 May 2013
  • Pussy Riot member Alyokhina announces hunger strike

    

    Europe / 22 May 2013An imprisoned member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot has announced a hunger strike after being refused the right to attend her own parole…
• 26 April 2013
  • Pussy Riot band member Tolokonnikova denied parole

    

    Europe / 26 April 2013A court in north-eastern Russia has denied parole to one of the jailed members of the punk band, Pussy Riot. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who is serving…

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• 10 April 2013
  • Russian MPs back harsher anti-blasphemy law

    

    Europe / 10 April 2013Last August two Pussy Riot performers – Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova – were sentenced to two years each in jail for “hooliganism…
• 23 January 2013
  • Pussy Riot documentary premieres at Sundance Film Festival

    

    23 January 2013A documentary following the Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
• 16 January 2013
  • Russia court turns down Pussy Riot jail plea over child

    

    Europe / 16 January 2013… court refuses to defer the jail term of a member of the punk protest group Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, over concerns for her young child.. A…
• 1 December 2012
  • Jersey students join Pussy Riot support campaign

    

    Jersey / 1 December 2012… by religious hatred”. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were part of Pussy Riot when the group performed in Moscow’s Christ The Saviour…
• 29 November 2012
  • Court in Russia bans video clips of Pussy Riot online

    

    Europe / 29 November 2012Riot female punk band, two of whose members are in jail.. A Moscow court has ruled that websites must remove video clips of the Pussy Riot female…
• 23 November 2012
  • Pussy Riot woman moved to solitary cell over tensions

    

    Europe / 23 November 2012Jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, has been transferred to solitary confinement because of tensions with other inmates.
• 31 October 2012
  • Pussy riot women begin life in penal colonies

    

    31 October 2012Two jailed members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot are starting their new life in penal colonies hundreds of miles from their homes in…

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