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Russia charges Greenpeace 'pirates'
2013-10-02 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Russia has charged five Greenpeace activists with piracy, the environmental campaign group says. Russia's Coast Guard seized the 30-strong crew of the icebreaker Arctic Sunrise on 18 September after a protest at a state-owned oil rig. Activists from Brazil, Britain, Finland and Sweden, and a British videographer were charged, the group says. Activists from 18 countries are in custody in Murmansk. If found guilty they could face up to 15 years in jail. Greenpeace named the activists charged...
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