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Greenpeace Arctic: Russia bails women activists Greenpeace Arctic: Russia bails captain and two women
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A British woman and a Dutch woman have been granted bail by a Russian court after being detained with 28 others on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic. Several crew members of the Greenpeace ship seized in the Arctic, including the captain and British and Dutch women, have been bailed in Russia.
Alex Harris and Dutch national Faiza Oulahsen are expected to be freed from custody in the northern city of St Petersburg once bail is paid. Peter Willcox also captained Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior ship when it was blown up by French agents in harbour in New Zealand in 1985.
British woman Alex Harris and Dutch national Faiza Oulahsen were also bailed on Wednesday.
Nine other foreign detainees and three Russians were granted bail earlier.Nine other foreign detainees and three Russians were granted bail earlier.
Two other Britons, Kieron Bryan and Anthony Perrett, are also hoping to be granted bail on Wednesday. Two other Britons, Kieron Bryan and Anthony Perrett, are also hoping for a decision on Wednesday while three other British activists will have their bail hearings later this week.
But they will be nervous too, the BBC's Daniel Sandford reports from the court. Three other British activists will have their bail hearings later this week.
Of the 13 detainees who have appeared in court earlier this week all but one were given bail.Of the 13 detainees who have appeared in court earlier this week all but one were given bail.
This case has been unpredictable from the start, when the Russian reaction was far stronger than they expected, our correspondent says. This case has been unpredictable from the start, when the Russian reaction was far stronger than they expected, the BBC's Daniel Sandford reports from the court.
The detainees have been held on charges of hooliganism after taking part in a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig operated by the Russian company Gazprom.The detainees have been held on charges of hooliganism after taking part in a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig operated by the Russian company Gazprom.
If found guilty they face up to seven years in prison.If found guilty they face up to seven years in prison.
Among the others awaiting a decision on Wednesday is the ship's US captain, Peter Willcox, who was also the captain of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior ship blown up by French foreign intelligence in 1985.
Ms Harris, 27, who acted as communications officer on the ship, is originally from Devon.Ms Harris, 27, who acted as communications officer on the ship, is originally from Devon.
Her father, Cliff Harris, told BBC News it was "fantastic" that his daughter was being bailed. It was still unclear what conditions would be attached to bail, he said.Her father, Cliff Harris, told BBC News it was "fantastic" that his daughter was being bailed. It was still unclear what conditions would be attached to bail, he said.
"She is an emotional girl but I think she held it together really well," he added. "It's fantastic to see the sheer delight on her face because you could see how stressed she was," he added.
In a letter from prison to a fellow Greenpeace activist in October, quoted by the Torquay Herald Express, Ms Harris wrote: "I dream of the outside world a lot. When I wake I'm sleeping with steel bars digging into my back, facing the same four green walls I've faced for 25 days. That's the hardest time of the day. "She is an emotional girl but I think she held it together really well."
Mr Harris said the family were prepared to go to Russia if Ms Harris was obliged to remain there.
In a letter from prison to a fellow Greenpeace activist in October, quoted by the Torquay Herald Express, the activist wrote: "I dream of the outside world a lot. When I wake I'm sleeping with steel bars digging into my back, facing the same four green walls I've faced for 25 days. That's the hardest time of the day.
"Despite everything that has happened I don't hate Russia, I just want to go home.""Despite everything that has happened I don't hate Russia, I just want to go home."
John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace in the UK, said: "Although this process is a long way from being resolved, today's decision by the court to grant bail to Alex will come as a huge relief to her family and friends. Our focus now will be to get the remaining activists released."John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace in the UK, said: "Although this process is a long way from being resolved, today's decision by the court to grant bail to Alex will come as a huge relief to her family and friends. Our focus now will be to get the remaining activists released."
"The Arctic 30 still face absurd charges for peacefully protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic," the Greenpeace official added."The Arctic 30 still face absurd charges for peacefully protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic," the Greenpeace official added.
The Dutch foreign ministry says the bail ruling for Ms Oulahsen was a positive development.
Nine people bailed on Tuesday were named as: Miguel Orsi (Argentina), Camila Speziale (Argentina), Ana Paula Maciel (Brazil), Paul Ruzycki (Canada), Sini Saarela (Finland), Francesco Pisanu (France), Cristian D'Alessandro (Italy), David Haussman (New Zealand) and Tomasz Dziemianczuk (Poland).
On Monday, Russian national Yekaterina Zaspa, who served as medical crew on the ship, was bailed along with photographer Denis Sinyakov and activist Andrey Allakhverdov.
Bail of 2m roubles ($61,000, £38,000) was stipulated for each detainee.
Australian activist Colin Russell, 59, who acted as the ship's radio operator, was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention until 24 February.