Sini Saarela Returns Home to Finland

Greenpeace 'Arctic 30' activist Sini Saarela is greeted by her mother, Riitta Saarela as she arrives at Helsinki railway station. She is arriving home after being detained in Russia for over 100 days.

The Arctic 30 (28 activists and 2 freelance journalists) were detained on September 19th by Russian Security forces after a peaceful protest against the Russian oil company Gazprom's plan to start the world's first offshore oil production in the Arctic.

Unique identifier: GP0STO6AU

Type: Image

Shoot date: 27/12/2013

Locations: Europe, Finland, Helsinki

Credit line: © Dmitry Sharomov / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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'Arctic 30' in Saint Petersburg

The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are transferred to Saint Petersburg. Already detained in Murmansk for almost two months the 'Arctic 30' face charges of piracy and hooliganism for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling in the Pechora Sea. This shoot includes the 'Arctic 30' being released on bail, and then after more than 100 days of detention the 'Arctic 30' are granted amnesty, and return home.

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