{"id":955,"date":"2018-07-17T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&p=955"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:33:23","slug":"mariya-alekhina-others-v-russia","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/mariya-alekhina-others-v-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariya Alekhina and others (Pussy Riot) v Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Case No. 38004\/12
\nDate of Judgment: 17 July 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The applicants \u2013 Mariya Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich \u2013 are members of Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist punk band critical of the Kremlin and its connections with the Orthodox church. On 21 February 2012, five members of the band attempted to perform a protest song called \u2018Punk Prayer \u2013 Virgin Mary, Drive Putin Away\u2019 in Moscow\u2019s Christ the Saviour Cathedral. The applicants were arrested and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after cathedral staff members and guards complained. The District Court in Moscow concluded that the performance was motivated by religious intolerance, rather than discontent with the political climate in Russia, sentencing the applicants to two years in prison. Additionally, online access to a recording of the performance was restricted on the grounds of it being \u201cextremist\u201d. Ms. Samutsevich\u2019s sentence was replaced with probation, and the other two applicants were released on 23 December 2013 under a general amnesty on the twentieth anniversary of the Russian Constitution.<\/p>\n

Read the full case summary in the Winter 2018 Bulletin.<\/a><\/p>\n

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