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They have been detained several times, and on Wednesday militia members attacked the group with horsewhips as they tried to perform under an Olympic sign. Band members said they were returning to Moscow to attend the verdicts in a trial of 20 people arrested after clashes on the eve of Putin's inauguration to a third term in 2012. The performance- art collective, made up of a loose grouping of feminists, has called for a boycott of the Sochi Olympics, arguing Putin has exceeded his authority and is restricting human rights. Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina spent nearly two years in prison on charges of hooliganism for their protest in Moscow's main cathedral in 2012. Pussy Riot's video, called Putin will teach you how to love the motherland , was posted on YouTube and features a song and footage of the band's protests. The band described some of its Sochi experience in the song: " Sochi locked down/ the Olympus under surveillance/ Of guns and crowds of cops." Members told a news conference their treatment in Sochi is symptomatic of dissent being stifled in Russia. " The Olympics has turned the police state into a total police state and the authoritarian regime into a totalitarian regime with preventive arrests," Tolokonnikova said. " The Olympics has created an environment of sweeping violations of human rights in Russia. We are banned from speaking out here." Tolokonnikova described the band's performances throughout the city since Sunday as a form of " active boycott" of the Games. Madonna, the band's highest- profile fan, tweeted on Thursday: " Are you kidding me? Are the police in Russia actually whipping Pussy Riot for making music on the streets?" As they gave the news conference in a Sochi park, Pussy Riot was surrounded by pro- Kremlin activists, who interrupted speakers. The International Olympic Committee on Thursday condemned the attack on Pussy Riot, saying images it saw were " very unsettling." Since their release in December, Tolokonnikova and Alekhina have avoided public performances and plunged into activism. They set up a group to defend prisoners' rights and have been publicizing alleged abuse in Russian prisons. A masked Pussy Riot member said the band had set out to attract international attention to the plight of defendants in a trial she described as " the biggest disgrace of modern Russia." Twenty people were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square on the eve of Putin's inauguration to a third term as Russia's president. They are now on trial, and some of them face up to 10 years in prison if convicted for the protest. - The Associated Press VANCOUVER - British Columbia hockey fans will be able to celebrate a Canadian Olympic hockey victory or drown their Olympic hockey tears - as long as they don't drink alcohol while doing it. B. C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said Thursday bars and pubs in the westernmost province will be allowed to extend their hours for the early- morning men's gold- medal game in Sochi. The match- up takes place at 4 a. m. Pacific time on Sunday when, under regular rules, the establishments would be shuttered, but the provincial government said it will make an exception to the rules in the spirit of the Olympic Games. Bars and pubs will be allowed to stay open so patrons can watch the game, but last call will remain the same. " No 4 a. m. booze," Anton said. " The liquor service is not changing, but the hours of opening can change so that people can go down to the pubs with their friends and the pubs can open, should they wish," Anton said Thursday. In B. C., liquor can't be served until 9 a. m. at the earliest and unconsumed drinks must be cleared within a half- hour of the end of service. " Twenty- four- hour liquor is problematic. We haven't permitted that in the past, so we're not going to make that change now," Anton said. Bars and pubs that want to extend their hours will have to apply, and the final approval will rest with individual municipalities. Asked if fans will be happy with a beer- free final, Anton suggested drinks won't be the big draw. " I think what's going to make everyone happy is when Canada wins the gold on Sunday morning." - The Canadian Press MORE OLYMPICS C1 Raise a glass ( of Coke) for hockey team SCAN TO SEE THE VIDEO Pussy Riot heads home after violent Olympics visit By Nataliya Vasilyeva PHOTOS BY MORRY GASH / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From left: Pussy Riot stages a protest performance; Nadezhda Tolokonnikova ( blue balaclava) and a photographer are attacked by a militiaman; a security officer gets into the act; a member is thrown to the ground. A_ 17_ Feb- 21- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A13 2/ 20/ 14 9: 21: 18 PM ;