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Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova placed in solitary confinement
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 25 September 2013
Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been placed in solitary confinement, following the publication of an open letter stating that she was going on hunger strike in protest against conditions in the prison where she is being held. However, prison authorities said that the move was for “her own safety”, after she complained of “slave-like” working conditions and accused the deputy head of the prison of making death threats against her.
According to The Guardian, the authorities have denied the claims made by Tolokonnikova but have agreed to launch an investigation into conditions at the prison. Russia’s human rights investigator Vladimir Lukin also said that he had sent two representatives to the jail to investigate the claims, adding: “As soon as we get a report of their work, I will be able to give my opinion of what actually happened; about who is right and who is guilty”.
