Detention Center (SIZO N1) in Murmansk

Detention centre (SIZO1) in Murmansk where the Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace International activists and a freelance photographer and videographer) have been held for over a month following a peaceful protest at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea. Russian authorities say they are replacing piracy with a charge of hooliganism, punishable by seven years in prison.

Unique identifier: GP04X6M

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/10/2013

Locations: Murmansk, Russia

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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'Arctic 30' in Murmansk

The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) face charges of piracy in Russia for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling in the Pechora Sea. The Arctic is melting before our eyes, and these brave activists stand in defiance of those who wish to exploit this unfolding crisis to drill for more oil. Greenpeace International insists that piracy charges are unjustified, and that Russian authorities boarded the Arctic Sunrise illegally in international waters. Several international legal experts have supported that view.

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