Blog: Climate

We need 30 Twitter millionaires to #FreeTheArctic30

Posted by jamess - 2 October 2013 at 11:40am - Comments

We just found out that our friends are being charged with piracy for standing up to Gazprom. It’s an incredibly serious charge and carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in a Russian jail. Please tweet these people with millions of followers to help #FreeTheArctic30.

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The man who showed us all the true threat in the Arctic

Posted by john_novis - 2 October 2013 at 11:30am - Comments

An oil spill at the Rosneft oil extraction field, Siberia

A photo is key when it comes to bearing witness and Greenpeace has been a leading organization in visuals for over forty years. We go to the frontline of environmental issues to see for ourselves what is happening so that we can show others.

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Free the Arctic 30, and lock up fossil fuels

Posted by Truls Gulowsen - 2 October 2013 at 11:25am - Comments

Free the Arctic 30 protest outside the Russian Embassy in Switzerland

On Friday, peaceful activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise woke up in a freezing jail cell in Russia for trying to protect the Arctic and fight global warming. At the same time the UN panel on Climate Change released its latest report on the status of the world's climate.

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One person stands with the Arctic 30 in Moscow

Posted by Alena Kislitsina - 2 October 2013 at 11:07am - Comments

'Free the Arctic 30' protest at Gazprom in Moscow

We have been standing in solidarity with our colleagues from the Arctic Sunrise here in Moscow since September 19th. All day, every day for nine days so far. We stand in a one-person picket near the entrance of the Moscow headquarters of Gazprom supporting our friends – the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested during a peaceful protest against the extraction of oil by the Gazprom Arctic platform "Prirazlomnaya" in the Pechora Sea.

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Faiza: "The uncertainty is driving me crazy"

Posted by faiza_oulahsen - 2 October 2013 at 9:50am - Comments

"I have no idea how this is going to end, or how long it's going to take" - Faiza Oulahsen, one of the Arctic 30

"I have no idea how this will end, how long it will take. The uncertainty is driving me crazy," writes Greenpeace campaigner Faiza Oulahsen in a letter from her cell in Murmansk, Russia. She writes about her experiences from entering the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise until a few days ago when she along with 29 others lost their freedom to the Russian security forces. "Two months in jail is one thing, but then? What then?"

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What do the experts say?

Posted by bex - 2 October 2013 at 9:29am - Comments

Russian security services seize the Arctic Sunrise at gunpoint

A great number of legal experts have commented on the boarding and seizure of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and on the piracy charges against the Arctic 30. Here is a selection:

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Open thread: Call out for your ideas to help Free the Arctic 30

Posted by Nic S - 30 September 2013 at 5:23pm - Comments

Together, we are strong.

As of yesterday, all 30 of the men and women who were aboard the Arctic Sunrise are being detained for two months in Russian jail, without charge. We must not let such blatant intimidation succeed. With the combined support of 4 million of us, who all want to see the Arctic protected, there is nothing we can’t do. Now is the time for creative action. Please add your suggestions and ideas on what we can do together to the comments below. I will read every one of them.

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In pictures: Solidarity with Arctic 30 around the world

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 27 September 2013 at 5:42pm - Comments

Greenpeace activists protest outside the Russian Embassy in London

The last few days have been very emotional for me. I work on the picture desk and dramatic images have been coming in showing the Russian coast guards reacting with force to our peaceful action at Gazprom’s oil platform. Now, the Arctic 30 have been remanded in custody for up to two months.

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Arctic 30 to be held in Russian jail pending piracy investigation

Posted by Jessica Wilson - 27 September 2013 at 10:38am - Comments

Today in a court in Murmansk, Russia, the Arctic 30 were seen by six judges. No charges were laid, but all 30 are still being detained; 22 are being held for two months as Russian authorities pursue an investigation around piracy charges while eight are being held for three days awaiting a new hearing. Their names and status are below, alphabetically by nationality.