Their crime? The girls, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Marina Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, sang songs in Red Square and in Moscow churches that criticized the Russian premier – Vladimir Putin.
In a civilized society, don’t people have the right to stage a revolutionary protest? Is death is the punishment for such bold acts?
According to reports, a lawyer for the group has been receiving threatening letters from the penal colony, hinting that the girls' safety would be in danger there.
And if you did not know what happened after a Russian court sentenced the girls for two years of imprisonment a couple of months ago, here is the shocking report. When the girls were taken to the far-off penal colony, more than 20 people were packed into cars meant to carry four people. And more shocking is that the trip took several days.
Russia's prosecutor general was reported as saying that over 2,000 prisoners have died in or en route to Russian prisons over the last six months, barbarous, or what else?
In the case of the punk girls, the saddest part is two them are mothers of young children, who would have to travel for days to see them in the remote colony.
Their lives are in danger. Let’s all join together to urge Moscow officials to consider the girls' safety and allow them to remain in Moscow.
Sign in the petition.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/554/377/562/dont-send-pussy-riot-to-dangerous-penal-colony/?z00m=20424657
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