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Private marine security the best option for tackling piracy?
2013-10-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Horn of Africa may have been responsible for firmly establishing our modern image of a pirate as an RPG-wielding Somali in a skiff, but with the Gulf of Guinea now seen as one of the world's most dangerous regions and attacks in Indonesia rising,
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Greenpeace head offers himself as security to win bail for 'piracy' activists
2013-10-09 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The head of Greenpeace offered on Wednesday to move to Russia and stand as security for the release on bail of 30 people who were detained and charged with piracy by Russian authorities after protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic. The offer was made in a letter written by Kumi Naidoo to Russian President Vladimir Putin that was seen by Reuters and sent on Wednesday. It follows a Russian court's decision to refuse bail to three of the detainees. "I would offer myself as a guarantor for...
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Russia charges non-violent activists with 'piracy' for protesting Arctic oil drilling
2013-10-07 15:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In what is being described by Greenpeace as an 'imaginary offense,' Russia has charged 30 people with piracy after activists protested against oil exploitation in the Arctic. The 30 charged included not only protestors, but a British journalist and Russian videographer who were on board Greenpeace's ship, the Arctic Sunrise, when it was stormed by the Russian military late last month. On Wednesday, September 18th, two of activists were arrested attempting to scale Russia first Arctic oil platform,...
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Australian Greenpeace activist charged with piracy over Arctic protest
2013-10-04 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Australian activist is among 30 Greenpeace crew to be charged with piracy by the Russian government after a direct action in the Pechora Sea last month. Colin Russell, a radio operator on Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship, faces a maximum 15 years in jail for taking part in the action, which Greenpeace maintains was peaceful and occurred in international waters. Russell's wife, Christine, issued a short statement to the press on behalf of herself and daughter. "Madeliene and I are extremely...
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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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