On June 9, members of the Verkhotura Dance Theater, the Street University, and their friends recorded this “Song of Solidarity” for Artem Loskutov, who was released on his own recognizance from a Novosibirsk jail on June 10.
Spring has come to the streets, the trees are already in bloom.
And only the lads [...]
As the Institute for Collective Action reports, yesterday, June 10, the Novosibirsk Regional Court ordered Novosibirsk artist Artem Loskutov released on his own recognizance. A panel of judges ruled that there was no basis for the Dzerzhinsky District Court’s conclusion that Loskutov would continue to engage in criminal activity were he released pending trial. The lower [...]
Protests, Hunger Strike Over Artist’s Arrest Are Stepped Up
By Sergey Chernov
St. Petersburg Times
June 9, 2009
Human rights activists and opposition politicians have published an open letter in defense of Artyom Loskutov, the 23-year-old artist and activist arrested in Novosibirsk last month, while the hunger strike led by local artists at City Hall entered its 12th day [...]
Tomorrow, June 9, 2009, is a international day of solidarity actions in defense of Artem Loskutov, the young Novosibirsk artist arrested on May 15 by officers of the Center for Extremism Prevention. Read our appeal, below, to find out what you can do to join our campaign.
Free Artem Loskutov!
An Appeal from Chto Delat Platform
On [...]
Global Post
June 2, 2009
Miriam Elder
Political expression in Russia: Artyom Loskutov, an organizer of “art happenings,” has been arrested
MOSCOW — On a wintry day in mid-March Artyom Loskutov gathered with three fellow artists in the quiet halls of a Moscow movie theater to discuss an upcoming art event in his hometown of Novosibirsk.
The artists always make [...]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, is a day of united actions in defense of Artem Loskutov, the young Novosibirsk artist arrested on May 15 by officers of the Center for Extremism Prevention. To learn the details of the case, please read our earlier post. There you’ll also find out what you can do to help.
The following [...]
Leonid Gegen (Novosibirsk) is a participant in the artists’ hunger strike now in its eleventh day in the Parterre Garden of the Smolny Institute, the home of the Saint Petersburg city administration. He is also a friend of Artem Loskutov, a Novosibirsk artist arrested on May 15 by officers of the Interior Ministry’s Center for [...]
[00:01] We, the artists of Saint Petersburg, are forced to declare a hunger strike.
[00:06] The time has come to make a life drawing of the horror!
[00:12] “Liberty. Equality. Piracy. Pirate Street Party. May 1, 10:00 a.m. Saint Petersburg, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall”
[00:25] “Six Billion Pirates”
[01:38] “Everyone Come Out to the Plein Air!”
[02:10] Dima:What’s going on here?
[02:14] Flor: [...]
Artists’ Hunger-Strike Enters 5th Day
By Sergey Chernov
The St. Petersburg Times
June 2, 2009
Despite continued pressure from the authorities, an artists’ hunger strike against the police’s arbitrariness went into its fifth day on Monday. The protesters are demanding the investigation and punishment of those responsible for the May Day mass arrests, when some 300 anarchists, artists and [...]
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