Putin-nominated rights watchdog slams Pussy Riot convictions
Αναρτήθηκε από τον/την satyrikon στο Αυγούστου 24, 2012
Russia's human rights ombudsman on Thursday called the prison sentences handed down to three women from punk band Pussy Riot "excessive" and warned that the case was igniting dangerous tensions within society.
The trio were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred by a Moscow court on August 17 after belting out a profanity-laced anti-Putin song on the altar of Moscow's main cathedral in February.
