Since the two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were imprisoned for a protest performance on charges of hooliganism said they plan to perform again and would speak at the Amnesty International concert, Reuters reported.
"It's absolutely impossible to take this out of us," Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, told a New York news conference before the event takes place on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Maria Alyokhina, 25, will be introduced along with Tolokonnikova during the concert by Madonna but are not scheduled to perform at the event, according to Reuters.
In 2012, the two were convicted of hooliganism after portraying performing in Moscow's biggest Orthodox cathedral and demonstrated "religious hatred" when they beseeched the Virgin Mary to help get President Vladimir Putin out of power, Reuters reported.
Yekaterina Samutsevich, the third member of Pussy Riot was released after a judge suspended her sentence on appeal, according to Reuters.
After being arrested and imprisoned for almost two years, their case has garnered global outrage from human rights activists until Putin allowed them to be released and be given amnesty this past December, Reuters eported.
"It's a wonderful example of how the civil society can be put to work," Tolokonnikova said according to Reuters. "A lot of people are unjustifiably in jail right now, and in the near future, we expect this number to rise."
According to both women, the Russian jails where they were kept were "grim" and they plan to visit American prisons in order to suggest ways to make the Russian prison system better, Reuters reported.
The amnesty concert, "Bringing Human Rights Home," will feature American rock group Imagine Dragons, as well as R&B singer Lauryn Hill, according to Reuters. The concert will take place in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.
The concert at the Barclay's Center is one of a series from Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International which began 25 years ago and has seen the likes of U1, Sting and Lou Reed, Reuters reported.
