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Berezniki, Russia

Pussy Riot member hospitalized: One of the jailed members of punk protest group Pussy Riot was transferred to a prison hospital this week on her seventh day of a hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina started the strike after she was prevented from attending her parole hearing. She says she is being persecuted by her jailers, who house her with hardened criminals and punish all inmates for her supposed transgressions. Alyokhina and two bandmates were convicted of hooliganism after interrupting a Mass at Moscow’s largest cathedral to sing a vulgar song railing against Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Their two-year prison sentences drew international condemnation.

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