PunkNews.org has published the concern of the detention of Pussy Riot in the UK Parliament. 

Meanwhile, questions about the case have been raised in the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament. The Parliamentary record of written questions for the 9th of July, 2012, records the following exchange between Kerry McCarthy (Clash fan, and Labour MP for Bristol East), and David Lidington, (Minister for Europe, and Conservative MP for Aylesbury). 

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to Russia on the jailing of members of the punk band Pussy Riot. [115916] 

Mr Lidington: We are extremely concerned about the continued detention of three members of the band Pussy Riot, who have been held in pre-trial detention for almost four months. The severity of the Russian authorities' response-detention on the serious criminal charge of hooliganism-appears to be disproportionate to the manner in which they expressed their political beliefs. Amnesty International has classified the members of Pussy Riot as "Prisoners of Conscience". 

The Government has repeatedly expressed its serious concern to the Russian Government over attempts to limit freedom of assembly. We will continue to call on the Russian Government to protect the right to legitimate protest and will raise this case at our UK-Russia Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue on 13 July. 


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