Hundreds of people join in solidarity with the 'Arctic 30' in a walk from the Russian Embassy to the Peace Palace in the Hague. The Peace Palace houses the International Court of Justice. The participants hold a banner which reads: "Handen af van de Noordpool". In English this means: "Stay away from the Arctic".
This protest is part of an emergency Global Day of Solidarity for the 'Arctic 30.’ Tens of thousands of people participate in activities held in over 80 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. A Russian court charged twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance videographer and photographer, with piracy this week. The charges follow a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea.