Russia: More Charges for Greenpeace

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Russian prosecutors have now pressed charges of piracy against the entire crew of the Greenpeace International ship the Arctic Sunrise, including the captain, Peter Willcox; the ship’s cook and doctor; and two freelance journalists who were among the 30 people aboard last month when Russian authorities seized the vessel during a protest in the Arctic Ocean. The prosecutors charged 16 people on Thursday and 14 on Wednesday. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison upon conviction. The activists said their attempts to scale the side of a Russian oil platform were meant to call attention to the environmental hazards of drilling in icy northern waters.