Pussy Riot Band Members Jailed For Two Years
PEN International is shocked by the two-year prison sentence handed down today to the three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot—Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich—under… More
Pussy Riot Trial Closed; Verdict Due August 17
The trial against Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samusevich was closed yesterday, August 8, 2012, and the verdict will be given on August 17. The three members of… More
Russian Court Refuses to Free Pussy Riot Members
PEN is shocked by a Russian court’s decision to keep the members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot in jail until at least late July. More
Russian Pen Says That Official’s Apology Is Not Enough
The closure of the "hunting season" against a Novaya Gazeta journalist does not guarantee that history of this kind will not be repeated in the future. More
Russian Top Official Threatens Novaya Gazeta Journalist
News of the threats made by the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee against the editor of the independent weekly newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, is cause for deep alarm. More
Pussy Riot’s Punk Moleben – Virgin Mary Put Putin Away
Today, May 24, three members of the Russian Punk band, Pussy Riot, will have been detained for over 11 weeks, and will not be freed for at least another… More
PEN Joins Call for Release of Pussy Riot Band Members
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been held since March 4, and Ekaterina Samusevich since March 15. By the next trial hearing, they will have been held for well… More
Leading Journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov Assassinated
Prominent journalist and newspaper founder Khadzhimurad Kamalov was gunned down by a masked assailant as he was leaving the offices of his newspaper on December 15, 2011, in Dagestan. More
PEN Statement on the Murder of Chechen Anti-Separatist Poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov
On November 15, 2011, Ruslan Akhtakhanov, a prominent Chechen poet, was shot dead in Moscow in what the authorities believe to be a contract killing. More
Two Sentenced for Murder of Anastasiya Baburova and Stanislav Markelov
PEN International welcomes the conviction and sentencing of two people in connection to the 2009 double murder of freelance journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in… More
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