NEW YORK – Le Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina e Nadia Tolokonnikova nella sede di Amnesty International di New York. Le due femministe russe, la sera del 5 febbraio parteciperanno al concerto peri diritti umani organizzato da Amnesty a Brooklyn a cui prenderà parte anche Madonna.
In conferenza stampa, Maria e Nadezhda Tolokonnikova hanno invitato gli americani a non farsi ingannare dallo show allestito da Putin in occasione dei giochi olimpici invernali di Sochi. Liberate dopo 16 mesi di prigione alla vigilia delle olimpiadi invernali, Maria e Nadezhda hanno continuato a criticare la politica del presidente russo.
Madonna salirà sul palco del Barclays Centre di Brooklyn ma non canterà. Qualche giorno fa, a proposito della sua partecipazione, aveva dichiarato:
“Sono onorata di presentare le mie compagne combattenti per la libertà, Masha e Nadia. Ho ammirato il loro coraggio e sostenuto il loro impegno e i sacrifici che hanno fatto in nome della libertà di espressione e dei diritti umani”.
Il marito della Tolokonnikova, Piotr Verzilov, in qualità di portavoce delle due donne, sempre qualche giorno fa aveva precisato che le due attiviste russe non avrebbero cantato al concerto, “ma leggeranno un discorso e parleranno della situazione politica e dei diritti umani in Russia”.
Le due attiviste sono state recentemente amnistiate dalle autorità russe e rilasciate dal carcere, dopo che erano state condannate a due anni per una dissacratoria preghiera punk anti Putin nella chiesa del Cristo Salvatore a Mosca.
Masha e Nadia in conferenza stampa (foto Ansa):
epa04055266 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, speak at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055268 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055270 Maria Alyokhina one of the members of Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group, speaks at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055263 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055267 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, speak at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055265 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
epa04055271 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova one of the members of Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group, speaks at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
A sinistra Maria Alyokhina, a destra Nadezhda Tolokonnikova epa04055262 Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) members of the Russian feminist 'Pussy Riot' punk group members, at a press conference at Amnesty International offices in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2014. Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said. Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 05 February concert in New York's Brooklyn borough. The two spent 16 months in prison after their arrest in August 2012 for singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
