Friday, October 19, 2012
Freed Russia feminist band member submits complaint to Europe rights court
[JURIST] The recently freed member of the controversial Russian feminist rock collective Pussy Riot [RASPI backgrounder; JURIST news archive] announced Friday that she has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights [official website]. Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, is claiming [RAPSI report] violations of her right to freedom of speech and that she was illegally detained and prosecuted as one of three band members sentenced to two years in prison [JURIST report] for hooliganism in connection with a "guerrilla...
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