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Jude Law & Damon Albarn call Russia to release Greenpeace activists
2013-10-05 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Jude Law and Damon Albarn have joined a demonstration in central London against Russia's detention of 30 Greenpeace activists following a protest at an Arctic oil rig. About 800 people gathered outside the Russian embassy to put pressure on Russia to release the group, which includes six Britons. The Russian coastguard seized the ship Arctic Sunrise and everyone on board following the 18 September protest at the offshore platform owned by Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom in the...
Russia dismisses Dutch legal action over Greenpeace activists
2013-10-05 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russia shrugged off Dutch legal action over its detention and prosecution of Greenpeace activists for piracy, saying on Saturday the group's protest at an Arctic oil platform had been "pure provocation". The Netherlands launched legal proceedings against Russia on Friday, saying it had unlawfully detained activists and others on the Dutch-registered ship last month as it protested against drilling in the Arctic. Two Dutch citizens were among 30 people on board the Arctic Sunrise, which was...
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30 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia
2013-10-03 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: All 30 of those arrested during a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling have now been charged with piracy by Russian authorities, and face trials that could see them jailed for up to 15 years. There are nationals of 18 different countries among the group, including six Britons. Investigators had already charged 14 of the activists on Wednesday, and on Thursday laid the same charges of "piracy as part of an organised group" against the remaining 16. Those charged on Thursday included the...
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Greenpeace activists are not pirates. Even Putin knows that
2013-10-03 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
John Sauven: Twenty-eight Greenpeace activists from 18 different countries, and two independent journalists, have been charged in Russia with piracy with a maximum 15 years in prison. This is despite president Putin saying last week: "Obviously, they are not pirates". But what is obvious to Putin, speaking in front of the world's press at an Arctic Forum, may become obscured within the labyrinth of the Russian legal system. Greenpeace has been taking direct action at sea for 42 years and in the Russian Arctic...
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Animal rights activists take protest to Perdue
2013-10-03 04:07:16| Food - Topix.net
As cars drove by Perdue Farms Inc. headquarters on Old Ocean City Road on Wednesday, a group of eight protesters held signs critical of the chicken company.
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