Petersburg Hunger Strike, Day 12 (Sergey Chernov)

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 [...]

Petersburg Hunger Strike, Day 10: A Video Letter

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 [...]

“We Declare A Hunger Strike”

 
[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: [...]