Most " 30" Greenpeace released , international justice demands that they leave Russia

Most " 30" Greenpeace released , international justice demands that they leave Russia

Almost all members of the crew of the Arctic- Sunrise, Greenpeace vessel boarded in September in Russia, were released from jail on bail Friday, November 22 , but international justice demanded that they too can leave the country. Russian diplomacy was quick to declare that it does not recognize the competence of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea , which issued the request.
By late afternoon , 29 of the 30 crew members of the ship , including the captain , were released from prison , receiving bail after more than two months in custody in Russia.

The Court of the sea, a UN jurisdiction competent to settle the Hamburg-based international maritime disputes , had been seized by the Netherlands . Russian diplomacy has already said that Moscow , which has boycotted the trial , did not recognize in this case the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea , which encroaches on it according to its " sovereign right " .




SOME CREW BLOCKED IN RUSSIA

The crew members released on bail without visa stay in Russia , find themselves in an irregular situation , and therefore blocked in Russia.
Foreign crew bailed 2 million rubles each (45 000 euros) , may not leave the territory of Russia according to the decision of the courts of St. Petersburg , said the Executive Director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, who was at the hearing.

"We continue to discuss with Russia to resolve the issue ," he told state television the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs , Frans Timmermans .

The captain of the Arctic- Sunrise, American Peter Willcox , who commanded in 1985 the Rainbow Warrior - blasted by the French secret service in New Zealand , was released Friday from a detention center in St. Petersburg. "We are conducting peaceful , non-violent action . This is the first time the first time in forty years , I spend more than a night in jail . And like all my colleagues , this does not please me " told her release that longtime Greenpeace , aged 60 .

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COLIN RUSSELL , ALWAYS REMAND

One activist , Australian Colin Russell , had his remand extended for three months, until 24 February. According to the Australian ambassador to Russia , it should appeal and is confident in the decision to be made ​​.

The ship of environmental NGO had been boarded in the Barents Sea on September 19 by a group of Russian coastguard . The crew of 30 people, including 28 Greenpeace activists had been arrested and imprisoned , first for piracy and the end of October for hooliganism.

The militants were intercepted while trying to unfurl a banner on an oil platform in the Russian giant Gazprom to protest against energy development in the Arctic region .