{"id":168350,"date":"2012-03-14T18:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=168350"},"modified":"2012-03-14T18:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:09:56","slug":"freedom-to-pussy-riot-activists-protest-outside-russian-embassy-in-yerevan-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/03\/14\/freedom-to-pussy-riot-activists-protest-outside-russian-embassy-in-yerevan-photos-video.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Freedom to Pussy Riot&#8217;: Activists Protest Outside Russian Embassy in Yerevan (PHOTOS, VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of men and women organized a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Armenia today to support Russian feminist punk-rock group Pussy Riot and demand their release.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was announced yesterday on Facebook and included the participation of publicist Ara Nedolyan, human rights campaigner Mikael Danielyan, Artlab members, Hope NGO representative Lala Aslikyan and several others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/9pussy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168288\" title=\"9pussy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/9pussy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/9pussy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/9pussy-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recall, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Mariya Alekhina were arrested last month after the band overran the pulpit of a Moscow church. The group chanted slogans to protest against president-elect Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The women, who both have young children, could face seven years in jail if found guilty of hooliganism.<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow City Court said they will remain in custody until Apr. 24, the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-17366601\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bPH7rdeWSE?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The all-female feminist band gained notoriety for its masked performances denouncing Vladimir Putin in the run-up to presidential elections which were held earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>They performed in high-profile places such as Red Square and on a rooftop opposite a jail where anti-government protesters had been locked up.<\/p>\n<p>In the Red Square performance the group sang &#8220;Putin has wet himself&#8221; before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The two women were arrested after the group chanted &#8220;Mother Mary, drive Putin away&#8221; at Moscow&#8217;s Christ the Saviour Cathedral on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4pussy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168284\" title=\"4pussy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4pussy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4pussy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4pussy-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan today, police urged protestors not to photograph the building or get permission from the embassy&#8217;s security service and only then begin the protest. Seeing the photo and video cameras aimed at him, one of the officers (who didn&#8217;t identify himself) said citizens didn&#8217;t have the right to film or photograph him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7pussy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168287\" title=\"7pussy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7pussy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7pussy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7pussy-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danielyan and Aslikyan reminded him that he&#8217;s at work in a public space and journalists can photograph him. The officer, however, said they don&#8217;t have that right. He was then reminded that tax dollars paid by citizens are paying his salary, to which the officer responded: &#8220;The state is paying me.&#8221; Danielyan once again emphasized that the state pays him on taxpayers&#8217; account.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, reporters were permitted to photograph him from the back, facing the embassy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6pussy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168286\" title=\"6pussy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6pussy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6pussy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6pussy-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The activists displayed a banner with the inscription &#8220;Freedom to Pussy Riot&#8221; and with drums accompaniment, changed &#8220;Mother Mary, drive Putin away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the protest lasted about 15 minutes. There was no immediate response from the embassy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5zaOswCnvCo?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of men and women organized a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Armenia today to support Russian feminist punk-rock group Pussy Riot and&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[38418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}