Russia Frees 13 More Greenpeace Crewmembers on Bail Russia on Friday released on bail 13 more Greenpeace crewmembers detained for more than two months over a protest against Arctic oil drilling. The veteran U.S. captain of the Greenpeace ship, Peter Willcox, was among those freed from a Saint Petersburg prison. Also released were five British crewmembers: video journalist Kieron Bryan, communications officer Alexandra Harris, activist Anthony Perrett, second engineer Iain Rogers and logistics coordinator Frank Hewetson. Activist Marco Weber from Switzerland, who was one of those to scale a Russian oil platform in the protest, was freed as well. The other activist who climbed the platform, Sini Saarela of Finland, was released Thursday. naharnet/stories/en/106899-russia-frees-13-more-greenpeace-crewmembers-on-bail
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:11:07 +0000
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