Masha Alekhina , an activist and central member of the protest collective Pussy Riot , has reportedly been arrested by Russian authorities for the second time in two months, over a photo posted to Instagram in According to MediaZona — the independent Russian media outlet founded by Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova following their release from prison in — Alekhina was detained on Monday February 7. In December last year, charges were brought against the activist in relation to a photo she posted to Instagram back in May , which depicted the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko surrounded by symbols that appear to be swastikas. Her partner, Lucy Shtein, was detained at the same time on similar charges. Now, MediaZona reports that another photo from May is at the centre of her latest arrest.


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Why Is Russia Arresting Pussy Riot Members? - The Moscow Times
And while this show of solidarity is both powerful and beautiful in theory, it is also inherently trans-exclusionary. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.



Pussy Riot’s Masha Alekhina is jailed for posting ‘extremist propaganda’
Pussy Riot quickly became a household name. Three of the group were caught and jailed a few weeks later. Ekaterina Samutsevich appealed her sentence successfully and was released on probation in October of that year, while Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina remained imprisoned. Having become an international cause celebre for freedom of speech, the two were released two months ahead of schedule in December , in advance of the Sochi Olympics.





Today it's International Women's Day, and on occasions like these we feel especially thankful for the women before us and around us who work so hard to make change. The ones who have made bold statements, tirelessly campaigned, or - in some cases, like the suffragettes - risked their lives and freedom so that all women can live in a more equal world. We still have a long way to go, the gender pay gap, unfolding horrors of sexual harassment and abuse and the plight of girls and women around the world, who evidently don't have the same rights or opportunities as men, proves that.

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