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Photo from Wikimedia Commons of Nadya Tolokno and others in a protest march on 2007-6-11. Русский: Пётр Верзилов и Надежда Толоконникова на Марше несогласных в 2007 году в Москве (2007-06-11; фото Денис Бочкарев). English: Pyotr Verzilov and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Dissenters' March; 2007-06-11; Denis Bochkarev).
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Nadya Tolokno Hunger Strike Begins Today

In the colony, the inmates in charge of the brigades as well as their senior members are the ones tasked with depriving fellow inmates’ rights, terrorising them, and turning them into speechless slaves — all on the orders of the administration.

Illustration of Nadya Tolokno. Pussy Riot trial summer 2012.
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My Statement at My Parole Hearing

Everywhere—in schools, prisons and universities, at voting stations and sitting in front of the TV—we are taught to obey, to lie, to bite our tongues, to say “yes” when we want to say “no.” The great cause of our civilization is to foster in ourselves, our children and friends an antidote to this obedience—an obedience that eats people alive.