article_snippet: Later in the day, Former president Bill Clinton was joined by musicians Maria Alekhina and Nadezdha Tolokonnikova who were detained in 2012 for staging a protest in one of Moscow's largest cathedrals.
article_snippet: The women, who advocate for gender, LGBT and human rights, were convicted for extremism but were released several months short of The women, who advocate for gender, LGBT and human rights two-year sentence in December 2013.
article_snippet: The women, who advocate for gender, LGBT and human rights were a part of the eight annual conference that focuses on education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and public health.
article_snippet: (Maria Alekhina and Nadezdha Tolokonnikova from the band pictured right)
highlights_snippet: Former president Bill Clinton was joined by Maria Alekhina and Nadezdha Tolokonnikova from band Pussy Riot, who advocate for gender, LGBT and human rights .
  