Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Russian Punk Band Member freed

A few months back,members of a Russian punk band named "Pussy Riot" were sent to prison for performing a song that criticized the Russian president Vladimir Putin. This is great that she is being released, and it shows a small step forward, I think. But its still awful because the other members are still in jail. Mr. Putin has squandered their free speech and has punished them with such an unreasonable punishment. Its extreme to say the least. This woman was only released because she didn;t actually perform the song. She is a member of the band, but a guard stopped her from playing while the other band members performed, so he was let out on a silly technicality caused by a silly punishment in the first case. They should have never went to jail, and Mr. Putin, who is notorious for his use of the Russian government so he could stay in power for as long as he can. He was the president from 1999-2008, then he served as the Prime Minister, and now is President again. Three members were originally sentenced to jail for hooliganism, now one if free, and two other members fled Russia. The lawyers of the girls have tried to take it to the European Court of Human Rights. And above all, the Church that they performed the song at wants them to 'repent', for they feel it will help the souls of the band members. All in all, this is stupid. Vladimir Putin has violated their human rights, and the should be set free immediately.

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