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Emergency solidarity protests worldwide to free journalists and Greenpeace activists held in Russian prison

Amsterdam, 5 October 2013 – Thousands of people are today taking part in an emergency day of solidarity protests around the world to demand the release of 30 people imprisoned in Russia after they were detained aboard a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic. Peaceful events are planned on every continent, in more than 135 locations …

Greenpeace activists scale Gazprom drilling platform, two arrested in Arctic oil protest

Pechora Sea, September 18, 2013 – Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested during a protest in the Russian Arctic, while two others are now scaling Gazprom’s oil drilling platform to stop it becoming the first company to produce oil from the icy waters of the region. At 4.30am Moscow time, five inflatable boats were …