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| Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova transferred to prison hospital | Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova transferred to prison hospital |
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| The Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been transferred from the women's penal colony where she is serving her two-year sentence to a nearby prison hospital after experiencing severe headaches. | The Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been transferred from the women's penal colony where she is serving her two-year sentence to a nearby prison hospital after experiencing severe headaches. |
| Tolokonnikova, 22, was moved to the remote colony IK-14 in October following her conviction for inciting religious hatred during Pussy Riot's performance of an anti-Putin "punk prayer" in the capital's Christ the Saviour Cathedral. | Tolokonnikova, 22, was moved to the remote colony IK-14 in October following her conviction for inciting religious hatred during Pussy Riot's performance of an anti-Putin "punk prayer" in the capital's Christ the Saviour Cathedral. |
| "The penal colony she is in is a hard one," bandmate Yekaterina Samutsevich, who was freed on appeal after the trial, told the Guardian. "She works in two shifts … and has no time to relax." | "The penal colony she is in is a hard one," bandmate Yekaterina Samutsevich, who was freed on appeal after the trial, told the Guardian. "She works in two shifts … and has no time to relax." |
| Tolokonnikova underwent a special medical investigation in December that concluded the reasons for her headaches, which she has complained of since her trial, could be "very serious", her lawyer Irina Khrunova said in a statement. | Tolokonnikova underwent a special medical investigation in December that concluded the reasons for her headaches, which she has complained of since her trial, could be "very serious", her lawyer Irina Khrunova said in a statement. |
| She was moved to hospital on 24 January after an official appeal to the prison director. | She was moved to hospital on 24 January after an official appeal to the prison director. |
| Inmates in female prison colonies are required to do daily work, sleep in large barracks with up to 200 others and follow a strict routine beginning at 6am. | Inmates in female prison colonies are required to do daily work, sleep in large barracks with up to 200 others and follow a strict routine beginning at 6am. |
| Tolokonnikova was exhausted by the extra evening chores she was given in addition to the eight hours she spends every day sewing uniforms for the Russian security services, Samutsevich said. | Tolokonnikova was exhausted by the extra evening chores she was given in addition to the eight hours she spends every day sewing uniforms for the Russian security services, Samutsevich said. |
| The penal colonies inhabited by Tolokonnikova and her fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, 24, do not differ significantly from the gulags of the Soviet Union, said Alexander Rimmer, a human rights activist who spent four years in Russian prisons. | The penal colonies inhabited by Tolokonnikova and her fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, 24, do not differ significantly from the gulags of the Soviet Union, said Alexander Rimmer, a human rights activist who spent four years in Russian prisons. |
| The regime inside them can be "sadistic", he said. Unlike in pre-trial detention centres, you are always dressed in prison uniform and "only your underwear is your own". | The regime inside them can be "sadistic", he said. Unlike in pre-trial detention centres, you are always dressed in prison uniform and "only your underwear is your own". |
| Prison authorities are, however, likely to take special care of celebrity prisoners. "They are probably very frightened of something happening to Tolokonnikova," Rimmer said. "There would be a big scandal." | Prison authorities are, however, likely to take special care of celebrity prisoners. "They are probably very frightened of something happening to Tolokonnikova," Rimmer said. "There would be a big scandal." |
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