Pussy Riot members on trial; sign the petition

The part of the story that doesn't get talked about is that the band entered the church and played music uninvited. They ignored the owners/nuns requests and attempts to eject them (pretty prominent aspect of the video). While this case is partially about free speech, it is also largely a cut and dry trespassing matter.

Even in the US, there are time and place exceptions to the first amendment. They can engage in that protest but not necessarily in that venue. They chose to do it at a church knowing there would be consequences.

what am i missing here? Are the charges or punishment sought out of skew with a non-politically motivated trespassing case? I am asking all the Russian legal scholars that check BV.

This is punk. It doesn't even matter what they sound like. Great name, too. How is "pussy riot" not taken? Hope they can avoid the gulag, but the Kremlin is without shame, so...

In Russia petition signs you.

Shut up. It's Rad.

f that

LOL 2:05 - trying to remember that joke

>implying petition will do anything at all

set the pussy free- Kenny Powers.

1:54pm: What they did was not illegal, and no charge of trespassing has been brought. In fact, after they were thrown out of the cathedral by the police, they were not charged. Only later, after the Orthodox Church made some calls to Putin, were the three women arrested and charged with "hooliganism", which is an amorphous crime left over from communism. They have been kept in jail without any possibility of bail for months (and some of them have small children), all for a non-violent protest. They face up to 7 years in prison. Putin and the Church are determined to make examples of them. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations are treating this as a fundamental violation of civil liberties.

Thanks 3:24pm.

Sorry, but it's not my place to stand up for free speech in Russia.

There is an older petition with more signatures here: http://www.change.org/petitions/president-vladimir-putin-free-pussy-riot .

The Guardian has been doing some good reporting on this, here is a decent summary of the story so far:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/29/pussy-riot-protest-vladimir-putin-russia?INTCMP=SRCH

White Pussy Riot - I want to riot
White Pussy Riot - a riot of my own

"They have been kept in jail without any possibility of bail for months (and some of them have small children), all for a non-violent protest"

I support the non-violent protest of locking these fine young ladies up in prison for an indeterminate time. Now that's performance art!

Hang 'em

WHY I WANT YOU YO SIGN THE FREE THE PUSSY RIOT 3 PETITION:
As a member of ACT UP I took part in the STOP THE CHURCH civil disobedience action inside St Patrick's Cathedral in NYC in the late 80's because the Roman Catholic Hierarchy had refused to endorse safe sex practices to save lives.They continued to say condom use was a mortal sin. Our protest was ethically and morally positive in an effort to save lives. PUSSY RIOT was protesting the close role of the Russian Orthodox Church and newly re0elected President Putin. As young feminist, PUSSY RIOT knows that women have a lot to fear from an increased political role of the Russian Orthodox Church,

Pussy Riot picked the correct target to protest against Putin just as we in ACT UP did at ST Patrick's

SO PLEASE sign this petition and share with your friends

http://www.change.org/petitions/free-the-pussy-riot-3

pussy fight > pussy riot

WHY I WANT YOU YO SIGN THE FREE THE PUSSY RIOT 3 PETITION:

As a member of ACT UP I took part in the STOP THE CHURCH civil disobedience action inside St Patrick's Cathedral in NYC in the late 80's because the Roman Catholic institution had refused to endorse safe sex practices to save lives.They continued to say condom use was a mortal sin. Our protest was ethically and morally positive in an effort to save lives. PUSSY RIOT was protesting the close role of the Russian Orthodox Church and newly re-elected President Putin. As young feminists, PUSSY RIOT knew that women have a lot to fear from an increased political role of the Russian Orthodox Church,

Pussy Riot picked the correct target to protest against Putin just as we in ACT UP did at St Patrick's

SO PLEASE sign this petition and share with your friends

http://www.change.org/petitions/free-the-pussy-riot-3

Freedom

la liberté........d'expression...pas de prison...aucune condanation