Greenpeace activists await trial among harsh winds, tears and no sympathy

[Locutus]

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What's The Problem, Comrades?

You have your global warming to keep you warm...

Friday marked 30 days since Russian coastguards descended from helicopters to take the Arctic Sunrise by storm during Greenpeace's protest against the Prirazlomnaya oil rig.
The environmentalists were brought to the Arctic port city of Murmansk and have been charged with "piracy as part of an organised group" - an offence which carries a jail sentence of 10-15 years.

Throughout the week, activists have been brought one by one from the detention centre to courtrooms in central Murmansk, asking to be released on bail ahead of the pending trials.

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Harris said in court that her cell is heated but when the wind blows it is freezing, as there are many gaps in the windows.

Already, the temperature is well below zero in this forbidding Arctic town of prefabricated apartment blocks and decaying industrial infrastructure; from now on it will only get colder and darker, as the days become shorter and the round-the-clock blackness of the polar winter draws closer.
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* a global warming shiny barry unicorn tear

 

[lone wolf]

They thought martyrdom came easily?

 

[WLDB]

They thought martyrdom came easily?

I doubt they were seeking martyrdom. If they were they wouldnt be complaining or trying to get out.

 

[petros]

What the hell did they plan on doing if they got on deck? Prepare to be pushed off?

 

[bill barilko]

Here is how those clowns 'organise' themselves.

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What the hell did they plan on doing if they got on deck? Prepare to be pushed off?

Issue a statement to the media and return to their hallowed craft feeling smug.

 

[BaalsTears]

We all tend to get what we deserve. Greenpeace is no exception.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Anyone besides me see the irony of protesting fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic by going there on an icebreaker that runs on fossil fuel? :roll:

I guess they will now learn that Russian law is not the same as US or other western law. Any consulate will tell you that you cannot bring the laws of your own country into a foreign nation.

 

[damngrumpy]

It will be the same as other situations they will face justice and be sentenced and
then they will be sent home when the nonsense dies down.

 

[SLM]

Anyone besides me see the irony of protesting fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic by going there on an icebreaker that runs on fossil fuel? :roll:

The only ones that the irony is lost on is the activists themselves.

I guess they will now learn that Russian law is not the same as US or other western law. Any consulate will tell you that you cannot bring the laws of your own country into a foreign nation.

Midnight Express should probably be shown at all recruitment drives.

 

[captain morgan]

Anyone besides me see the irony of protesting fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic by going there on an icebreaker that runs on fossil fuel? :roll:

With winter descending and the temps dropping below zero, I can't help but wonder how many of these eco-tards are questioning the accuracy of the global warming facts that have been drummed into their heads

I guess they will now learn that Russian law is not the same as US or other western law. Any consulate will tell you that you cannot bring the laws of your own country into a foreign nation.

Betcha that the first thing(s) out of their mouths was a recital of their 'rights' to the Russian authorities.

Once the laughter died away, I wonder if they got any of them

 

[PoliticalNick]

Betcha that the first thing(s) out of their mouths was a recital of their 'rights' to the Russian authorities.

Once the laughter died away, I wonder if they got any of them

Sure they did...they got the right to bread & water a couple of times a day and a friken cold prison cell just like all the other criminals in Russia. They might have been better spending some of the dough used for that fancy ship on researching Russian law and prisons.