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Arctic 30 (campaign title)
Arrests
Court cases
Daughters
Gazprom
Greenpeace activists
Happiness
KWCI (GPI)
Law
Love
Mothers
Offshore drilling
Oil (Industry)
Railway stations
Russian Government
Save the Arctic (campaign title)
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)
Containers
Shoot:
'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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