Thursday, October 26, 2017

Pussy Riot Protest at Trump Tower



On Monday,23rd October three members of the Russian activist group and punk rock band Pussy Riot staged a demonstration in Trump Tower to support the political prisoner Oleg Sentsov. They unfurled a banner that read “Free Sentsov” and rained down pamphlets with information on the detained Ukrainian-Russian filmmaker.


PussyRiot's facebook page said,
23 October at 22:00 ·

''We remember when we were imprisoned, we received news about hundreds of activists around the world putting on balaclavas and going to the streets to support us. That was the moment we understood we are not alone. But we should not forget that even though we’ve come to the other side of the fence, there are still hundreds of political prisoners behind bars waiting for your support. We received a lot of letters, smiles, and noise from you.''

To continue we’re calling on you today to raise attention to two guys from Ukraine: film director Oleg Sentsov and anarchist Olexandr Kolchenko, who are in Russian prison right now. Sentsov got 20 years in prison, Kolchenko got 10 years. Because they, like you, did not sit by — they were fighting for their freedom in Crimea, which was annexed by Putin. During the investigation in Russia Oleg Sentsov was tortured and two months ago, after our action, he was transported to a penal colony with some of the cruelest conditions in Russia — “Polar Bear.” We decided to do an action right now, while we are in New York, with activists here because we believe there are no borders to our solidarity.''

Source : Pussy Riot fb page. Artnet