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October 4, 2013

Protests Planned Worldwide to Demand Release of 30 Greenpeace Prisoners in Russia 
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Russian prosecutors have charged the remaining 16 people from the
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise with piracy following their arrest last
month. All 28 environmentalists and two journalists who were on board
the ship are now facing up to 15 years in prison after some of the
activists tried to board Russia's first Arctic offshore oil rig. On
Saturday, tens of thousands of people in more than 80 cities are
expected to participate in a global day of solidarity calling for the
release of the Greenpeace prisoners.

 

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