Russian punk band and feminist collective Pussy Riot are facing up to 7 years in prison for “hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred” after singing a peaceful protest song in Russia’s main orthodox church. The detained include Maria Alekhina, 24, poet and student at the Institute of Journalism and creative writing; she is also a mother of 5 year-old boy, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, visual artist and 4th year philosophy student, and mother of 4 year-old girl, and Ekaterina Samucevich, 29, visual Artist, degree from the Alexander Rodchenko school of photography and multimedia. To help in the legal defense to release three young women simply standing up for their beliefs and freedom click here.
