Fresh from their release from prison under a new amnesty law, members of Pussy Riot said today they will work in human rights and continue protesting against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

They had been sentenced to two years for a profanity-laced protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian Orthodox church in 2012.

The two were released this week under a new amnesty law. (See video)

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