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Pussy Riot sentence

(29 Posts)
nanaej Fri 17-Aug-12 18:40:46

Agree it is a sad day for political freedom in Russia.
As for farting...we'd all be locked up! grin

absentgrana Fri 17-Aug-12 18:00:28

Offending people should never be crime. Of course it can be unpleasant, but then so is farting and that's not illegal anywhere, so far as I know.

vampirequeen Fri 17-Aug-12 17:57:48

I don't like how they demonstrated....well more I don't like the way the used the sanctuary but 3 years is ridiculous. This has nothing to do with hooliganism or anti-religious feeling and everything to do with them being
anti-Putin.

bakergran Fri 17-Aug-12 13:18:32

They have been found guilty this morning.

Sentence is expected to be three years, still waiting to hear.

Makes me value the right to freedom of speech that we have here in the UK. A sad day for human rights in Russia.