Hi Nihat This is a massive week for the Arctic 30 – and weve just got some incredibly big news. Late yesterday three of the Arctic 30 were granted bail. First Ekatarina Zaspa, then Denis Sinyakov (the freelance photographer), and finally Andrey Allakhverdov were granted bail. Sadly, on the same day, in a different courtroom, Australian Colin Russell had his pre-trial detention extended for three more months. Read more on this story here. If you’re in Cape Town, we need you this Saturday. We’ll be beating our drums in a massive drumming circle, showing our support and making a noise for the Arctic 30 activists. Please join me to Drum for Justice. Meanwhile Kumi Naidoo, Head of Greenpeace International, has sent a personal plea to South African President Jacob Zuma, calling on him to speak out about the Arctic 30. Given South Africa’s historic rise against injustice, it would be immensely valuable to have Zuma speak out. Here’s some of what he said: “South Africa has a long and entrenched history of struggle and in the end, victory. The country is held in high esteem and its leaders are looked upon in very difficult times to show courage, direction and conviction against decisions that have long-term negative consequences for the planet. “I urge you to please stand up, inspire and ask your Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin to use any avenues of influence open to him as president of the Russian Federation to ensure that the excessive charges of piracy and hooliganism brought against the detainees are dropped immediately.” Read the letter | Tweet this | Share on Facebook Over two million messages have now been sent to Russian embassies around the world to answer this call. That’s 100 times the number of polar bears left on the planet. Or 20 times the number of people that can fit into Soccer City stadium. It’s huge. But it’s still not enough to free our friends. Send another message now. Last Saturday, thousands of people in 40 countries and 263 cities raised their voices to demand freedom for the Arctic 30. Johannesburg and Dakar took action too, and this weekend Cape Town will be standing with the Arctic 30, Drumming for Justice. It feels so good to have a positive break in this campaign -- lets keep up the good energy and send a new wave of emails in favour of freeing the Arctic 30. Send another message now to free the Arctic 30. Im Mike Thanks for sharing in this with me, Mike Baillie and the Greenpeace Africa team What: Drumming for Justice! Date: Saturday, Nov 23 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 (at the latest) Place: Amphitheater, V&A Waterfront. Map here. Bring: Something to drum on if you can, a hat, and suncream
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:32:13 +0000
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