Human Rights First’s Innokenty Grekov on Pussy Riot One Year Later

One year ago three members of Pussy Riot were convicted of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” for staging a 40-second nonviolent protest in Russia’s main church. Today, Ekaterina Samutsevich, now free on probation, is waging a legal battle and an international campaign on behalf of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Mariya Alyokhina, who will meet the anniversary in labor camps.