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Good news on Christmas Day for Arctic 30
Thursday, 26 December 2013, 9:30 am | Greenpeace International
St Petersburg, 25 December 2013 – The final chapter in the legal ordeal of the Arctic 30 began today as the group was asked to attend a meeting at Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee, where the criminal case against them is being dropped en ... More >>
First case dropped against Arctic 30 activist
Wednesday, 25 December 2013, 11:45 am | Greenpeace International
St Petersburg, 24 November 2013 – UK national Anthony Perrett today became the first Arctic 30 activist to have the criminal case against him dropped. He has now requested an exit visa from the Federal Migration Service to allow him to leave Russia. More >>
Wilmar caves to public pressure
Friday, 6 December 2013, 8:35 am | Greenpeace International
Jakarta, 5 December 2013 - Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil trader today announced a No Deforestation Policy in response to pressure from Greenpeace, NGOs and consumers around the world. The policy has the potential to be a landmark ... More >>
Lawyers apply for Russian exit visas for Arctic 30
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:32 pm | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, 4 December 2013 – Lawyers for the Arctic 30 have this week started to lodge applications with the Investigative Committee seeking exit visas for the non-Russian nationals. More >>
Government finalises bank guarantee for release of Arctic 30
Saturday, 30 November 2013, 11:06 am | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, 29 November 2013 - The Dutch Foreign Ministry said today it has finalised a bank guarantee of 3.6 million euros in compliance with a binding ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ordering Russia to release ... More >>
29th Arctic 30 detainee to be freed from prison
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 9:23 am | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, 25 November 2013 - Phil Ball from Oxford in England today became the 29th Arctic 30 detainee to be released from detention in St Petersburg. Only Australian Colin Russell remains behind bars in Russia for his part in a peaceful protest at ... More >>
Greenpeace welcomes Tribunal ruling over Arctic 30
Saturday, 23 November 2013, 1:52 pm | Greenpeace International
Hamburg, 22 November 2013 – The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea today ordered the Russian Federation in a binding ruling to release the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and the 28 activists and two freelance journalists on board upon payment ... More >>
Brazilian and NZ activists granted bail in Arctic 30 case
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 8:56 am | Greenpeace International
Two Greenpeace activists was today granted bail in St Petersburg, becoming the fourth and fifth of the so-called Arctic 30 to be told they will soon be released. Brazilian Ana Paula Maciels, 31, and David Haussmann from New Zealand, 49, from New Zealand ... More >>
Major brands exposing consumers to ‘dirty’ palm oil
Monday, 18 November 2013, 7:49 pm | Greenpeace International
Ferrero, Unilever and Mondelēz announce measures tackling forest destruction Jakarta, 18 November 2013 – Greenpeace International today revealed a selection of companies, including Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser, whose sourcing policies expose ... More >>
Greenpeace statement after Law of the Sea hearing
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 9:08 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International statement in response to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea hearing More >>
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea hearing
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 8:56 am | Greenpeace International
Regarding the upcoming hearing at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), where the Netherlands is bringing a case seeking the release of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and its crew, Greenpeace International General Counsel Jasper ... More >>
"Arctic 30" Being Moved From Murmansk To St Petersburg
Saturday, 2 November 2013, 3:11 pm | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, 1 November 2013 - Greenpeace International understands from diplomatic sources that the thirty men and women detained by Russia following a peaceful protest against an Arctic oil platform are being moved from a detention centre in Murmansk ... More >>
Shell signals return to the US Arctic as early as 2014
Friday, 1 November 2013, 9:20 am | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, October 31st 2013: Earlier today, Shell’s chief financial officer Simon Henry said that the company is ‘putting the building blocks in place’ to drill in Alaskan Arctic as early as next year (1). More >>
Greenpeace International activist charged with hooliganism
Friday, 25 October 2013, 9:08 am | Greenpeace International
Russian authorities today formally charged a Greenpeace International activist with hooliganism, a crime that carries a maximum seven year jail term and has been described by the European Parliament as a threat to freedom of expression and demonstration. More >>
Greenpeace statement in response to Russia's ITLOS comments
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 9:14 am | Greenpeace International
The Russian Foreign Ministry today announced that it will not accept an international arbitration process at which the Netherlands is seeking the release of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and its crew (1). More >>
Greenpeace responds to hooliganism charge
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 9:09 am | Greenpeace International
Commenting on reports that piracy charges against the Arctic 30 are to be dropped and replaced with a charge of hooliganism, Vladimir Chuprov of Greenpeace Russia said More >>
Netherlands pushes demand to release the Arctic 30 and ship
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 8:51 am | Greenpeace International
he Dutch government has lodged a rare application at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), asking it to order the immediate release of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and all those who were aboard for the peaceful protest against ... More >>
11 Nobel Peace Prize winners write to Putin over Greenpeace
Friday, 18 October 2013, 9:11 am | Greenpeace International
Eleven Nobel Peace Prize laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written a joint letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin offering their support to twenty eight Greenpeace International activists, a freelance photographer and a freelance ... More >>
Greenpeace International bail appeals refused
Saturday, 12 October 2013, 11:38 am | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, 11 October 2013 - Appeals for bail by lawyers for Phil Ball and Kieron Bryan, both British citizens, were today refused by the Regional Court of Murmansk. More >>
Greenpeace Head Urges Meeting with President Putin
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 8:54 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo has written to President Vladimir Putin offering to travel to Moscow as early as possible to meet with the Russian President, in an effort to end the continued incarceration of 28 peaceful ... More >>
