A group of men and women organized a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Armenia today to support Russian feminist punk-rock group Pussy Riot and demand their release.
The protest was announced yesterday on Facebook and included the participation of publicist Ara Nedolyan, human rights campaigner Mikael Danielyan, Artlab members, Hope NGO representative Lala Aslikyan and several others.
Recall, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Mariya Alekhina were arrested last month after the band overran the pulpit of a Moscow church. The group chanted slogans to protest against president-elect Vladimir Putin.
The women, who both have young children, could face seven years in jail if found guilty of hooliganism.
Armenian News
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