Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Olympic-Torch-arrives-in-Murmansk-27MZIFVZ72HG.htmlConceptually similarOlympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WVWCompleted★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WVXCompleted★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW1Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW2Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW3Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW4Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW5Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WW6Completed★★★★Olympic Torch arrives in MurmanskGP04WVYCompleted★★★★View AllGP04WVVOlympic Torch arrives in MurmanskThe Olympic torch arrives in Murmansk while the Arctic 30, 28 Greenpeace International activists and a freelance photographer and videographer, have been held up in the Murmansk detention centre for over a month following a peaceful protest against oil drilling at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea. The Arctic 30 are currently detained by Russian authorities. They have been refused bail and are still charged with both piracy and hooliganism.Locations:Murmansk-RussiaDate:30 Oct, 2013Credit:© Dmitry Sharomov / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7360px X 4912pxKeywords:Arctic 30 (campaign title)-Burning-Candles-Court cases-Evening-Fires-Full length-Gazprom-KWCI (GPI)-Lanterns-Law-Offshore drilling-Oil (Industry)-Oil drilling-Outdoors-Russian Government-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-Small group of people-Sports eventsShoot:'Arctic 30' in MurmanskThe 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) face charges of piracy in Russia for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling in the Pechora Sea carried out on 18th September. Greenpeace International insists that piracy charges are unjustified, and that Russian authorities boarded the Arctic Sunrise illegally in international waters. Several international legal experts have supported that view.Related Collections:'Arctic 30' Part 1 - Action and Murmansk Detainment (All Photographers)
