Russia: Arrested Greenpeace Activists Likely to Be Charged With Piracy

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Russian authorities say Greenpeace activists arrested after protesting against exploratory oil operations in the Arctic will probably be charged with piracy.

The campaigners' ship was taken to Murmansk after Russian coastguard officers boarded it and detained the 30 crew members.

Comments

[Sevo]

I'll presume the Greenpeace ship was fueled with good wishes from watermelons everywhere.

[KBronson]

Property rights are an important foundation of all liberty. When they started scaling the facility or otherwise interfered with its operation they moved from free speech to criminal trespass. Lucky they didn't get shot by the crew which I think they would have been within their rights to do so given an attempt to force a boarding. Enough of smug self-righteous Pharisees who feel entitled to force others to bend to their will.

[mr lizard]

If they had come into my engine room it would've been worse than solving the Puzzle Box