Rainbow Warrior captain arrested in Israel over coal protest

Posted by tracy - 8 September 2008 at 4:30pm - 2 Comments

police board the rainbow warrior in Israel to arrest the captain

Israeli police boarded the Rainbow Warrior today to arrest captain Daniel Rizzotti after the peaceful action of activists from the ship who painted "Quit Coal" on the hull of a ship unloading coal at the Ashkelon power plant.

The police had already arrested 12 crew and passengers including a photographer and camera man. Thanks to the quick action of the press officer from our Mediterranean officer Theodora we have the photo above of the police boarding the ship to arrest the captain.

The Rainbow Warrior is in Israel to launch a four month tour against coal through the Mediterranean and Europe that will finish in Poland during the UN climate talks. If today is anything to go by looks like it is going to be an exciting tour.

Watch the tour launch video here

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, israel, quit coal tour, rainbow warrior
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This is one of the few times I see Greenpeace has no link to send a protest letter to (in this case) israely government as a petition to release this guys. Strange uh? Maybe afraid of Mossad's good fellows?

By Jorge de Vicien - 10 September 2008 at 9:25am

This is one of the few times I see Greenpeace has no link to send a protest letter to (in this case) israely government as a petition to release this guys. Strange uh? Maybe afraid of Mossad's good fellows?

By Jorge de Vicien - 10 September 2008 at 9:25am

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