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October 15, 2013

Russian Court Denies Bail to Greenpeace Captain, Activists 
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A Russian court has denied bail to the captain of a Greenpeace ship and
two other members of the "Arctic 30" who were detained in a direct
action against Russia’s first Arctic offshore oil rig. Captain Peter
Willcox and two others had appealed an order keeping them in pretrial
detention until late next month. Six other participants have already
been denied bail. The 28 environmentalists and two journalists are
facing up to 15 years in prison on piracy charges. Captain Peter Willcox
rejected the charges in court.

Peter Willcox: "I've been working on ships doing environmental work for
40 years. Never before have I been accused of using violence or doing
something for my own personal gain. And I reject these accusations in
the strongest way possible."

 

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