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Pussy Riot case: Russia to reassess guilty verdicts
Source: BBC
12 December 2013 Last updated at 10:16 GMT
Pussy Riot case: Russia to reassess guilty verdicts
Russia's Supreme Court has criticised the guilty verdicts handed down to the two jailed Pussy Riot punk protesters and has ordered a review.
The announcement came just three months before Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are due to be released from prison. They were jailed in 2012.
The verdict did not include proof that they were motivated by hatred towards a social group, the Supreme Court said.
The court also ignored their status as mothers with young children, it said.
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Pussy Riot case: Russia to reassess guilty verdicts
Russia's Supreme Court has criticised the guilty verdicts handed down to the two jailed Pussy Riot punk protesters and has ordered a review.
The announcement came just three months before Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are due to be released from prison. They were jailed in 2012.
The verdict did not include proof that they were motivated by hatred towards a social group, the Supreme Court said.
The court also ignored their status as mothers with young children, it said.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25347132