Jailed Pussy Riot hunger-striker hospitalized
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A jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was taken to hospital yesterday on the seventh day of her hunger strike.
Maria Alekhina, 24, is protesting against what she claims is a campaign of persecution against her. Three members of the band - Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich - were convicted last year of 'hooliganism motivated by religious hatred' for an impromptu punk protest against Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral and given two-year sentences. (AP)
