SIZO N1 (Murmansk Detention Centre) where twenty-eight Greenpeace activists, a freelance photojournalist, and film maker, are being held.
The thirty, who were taken from Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship following a peaceful protest against Arctic drilling, have been inside the prison for over a month. Some of the thirty have suffered from inadequate access to food and drinking water, limited communication with the outside, and a mere one hour of exercise time per day.
Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee announced last week that the piracy charges – which carry a 15-year jail sentence – would be replaced with charges of hooliganism but the piracy charge is yet to be dropped.