When 04.02.2014
Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina of feminist punk group Pussy Riot appear at an Amnesty International press conference in New York, where they thank people for the support they have received over the last two years and talk about the suppression that citizens are currently suffering in Russia under Vladimir Putin.
'Nadya and Masha were instrumental in bringing the world's attention to the egregious suppression of personal freedoms in Russia', a speaker tells the audience. 'Amnesty networks of activists were instrumental in the outcome of their case.' The pair were arrested in 2012 after an anti-Putin performancein a Russian church. They were sentenced to penal colonies after the case was taken to court, but were later released following much campaigning and protestation.
