Peaches to Help Free Pussy Riot, Creating Song, Video For Imprisoned Band

While many continue to support punk rock band Pussy Riot while they sit in a Russian jail awaiting the outcome of their hooliganism charges, electro-pop artist Peaches is planning on writing a song tomorrow (Aug. 7) and shooting a video on Wednesday to draw more attention to the cause. The video is expected to be released a week from today (Aug. 13).

"Peaches and Simonne Jones are writing a FREE PUSSY RIOT SONG tomorrow and shooting a video for it on Wednesday," a post earlier today on Riot Grrrl Berlin's Facebook page read. The message goes on to add they will be filming live in Berlin at 5 p.m. local time at Berlin's Glory Whole cafe. "If you are in Berlin, show up dress as your best bad self and march down the streets and in the park with us singing FREE PUSSY RIOT: The more the better so big supporter with you."

Fans unable to attend the Berlin gathering can still participate by sending a 30-second video "of yourself showing support by dancing, jumping on your bed, breaking shit, laughing, holding a free pussy riot sign etc."

Peaches included her email address in the post where videos can be sent.

"We have to do this!!!!!! Thxxx to you all and FREE PUSSY RIOT," it concludes.

Meanwhile the trial continues today with The Voice Of Russia reporting the band's defence lawyers have made seven different motions for presiding judge Marina Syrova to recuse herself from the trial, with Syrova denying each motion.

Various twitter feeds, including a Free Pussy Riot account, is providing up-to-the-minute updates. The three musicians -- Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samucevich -- have been detained since their arrest in early March for performing a song voicing opposition to the re-election of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The performance inside a Moscow cathedral also caused controversy, with many claiming the band was anti-religious.

"Any person who has ever heard our songs knows that there's not even an atom of hatred towards any religion in there," Tolokonnikova said today in court, according to Free Pussy Riot's Twitter account.

The band has also received support from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Sting and Kate Nash, among others. Today Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- who was himself arrested and is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia for fraud -- also spoke up for the three musicians.

"It is painful to watch what is taking place in Moscow's Khamovnichesky court, where the members of Pussy Riot -- Masha, Nadya, and Katya -- are on trial," he wrote in The Guardian today. "The word 'trial' is applicable here only in the sense in which it was used by the inquisitors of the middle ages."


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