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Greenpeace activists charged with piracy by Russian authorities
2013-10-02 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Russian authorities have formally charged five Greenpeace activists with piracy, with a further 25 facing similar charges. Kieron Bryan, a freelance videographer from Britain; Ana Paula Alminhana, from Brazil; Dmitri Litvinov, a Swedish-American; Sini Saarela, from Finland; and Roman Dolgov, from Russia were charged with "piracy as part of an organised group" on Wednesday morning, according to Greenpeace. They face up to 15 years in jail each if found guilty. The five were among 30 people from...
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Russia charges two Greenpeace activists w piracy
2013-10-02 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russian authorities charged two Greenpeace activists with piracy on Wednesday over a protest against Arctic oil drilling at a platform owned by state-controlled energy company Gazprom, the environmental group said. The piracy charges, which Greenpeace said were absurd, are punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The two who were charged, Brazilian crew member Ana Paula Alminhana and British freelance videographer Kieron Bryan, were among 30 arrested after the protest last month in which a Greenpeace...
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UK Parliament Blasts Google Over Piracy
2013-09-26 19:00:16| TechNewsWorld
Departing from the normal routine of chiding Google over taxes, British parliament is trying its hand at chiding Google over piracy. A select committee accused Google of apathetically failing to curb piracy. The chairman of the committee, John Whittingdale, said that MPs were "unimpressed by Google's continued failure to stop" displaying search results for illegal content.
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Putin defends seizure of activists ship but questions piracy charges
2013-09-26 14:37:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday that the Russian authorities were justified in seizing a Greenpeace International ship at an offshore oil platform in the Arctic last week, but he questioned whether the activities of the ships 30 crew members warranted the piracy charges that Russian authorities said they would pursue. I dont know the details of what happened there, Mr. Putin said here at an international conference on the Arctic, but obviously they are not pirates. However, formally,...
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Russia to charge Greenpeace activists with piracy over oil rig protest
2013-09-24 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Russia has opened a criminal case against Greenpeace activists who boarded an Arctic oil rig belonging to energy giant Gazprom, and says it plans to charge them all with piracy, regardless of their nationality. If convicted, they could face up to 15 years in a Russian prison. The Greenpeace boat Arctic Sunrise was apprehended last Thursday in what the environmental organisation says were international waters, near the Prirazlomnaya rig in the Pechora Sea. Russian coastguards stormed the boat after...
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