Activists Journey to Apatity Detention Center

Eight activists travel in a prison van (large white vehicle) with police escort to the Apatity Detention Centre, Murmansk Oblast, 185 kilometers (115 mi) south of Murmansk where they are currently on remand charged by the Russian authorities with piracy punishable for up to 15 years in jail. Greenpeace insists the charge is not valid under international law.

The Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace International activists and a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are currently detained by Russian authorities since they were arrested during a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic. They have been refused bail and are still charged with both piracy and hooliganism.