Arctic Sunrise Under Arrest in Murmansk

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise docked in the port of Murmansk, Birth 16. On September 18th, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was involved in a peaceful protest at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform. Later, the Russian Coast Guard boarded the ship and seized the crew at gunpoint. The Arctic 30, 28 Greenpeace activists, a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer, have been refused bail and charged with piracy that carries a maximum 15 year jail sentence.