Group hacks website of court that jails Pussy Riot

The website of the Moscow court that jailed three members of the punk band Pussy Riot has been hacked.

The hack has been claimed by AnonymousRussia, which claims to be affiliated to the hack-tivist group Anonymous.

It follows international criticism of the sentence handed down to the women who were convicted of hooliganism for performing an anti-Putin song in a Moscow Cathedral.

Amnesty International Ireland has called on the Irish Government to lobby for a more lenient treatment of the women.