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| Subject: Outrageous: Amnesty for Greenpeace Arctic 30 Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:26 pm | |
| Three months after their ship was seized and they were arrested, Greenpeace's Arctic 30 have been granted an amnesty in a vote of the Russian parliament, the environmental organisation said.
The Duma voted to include the activists in an amendment to an amnesty decree on Wednesday, and a final vote is expected to grant them freedom.
"The legal proceedings against the Arctic 30 are now almost certain to come to an end and the 26 non-Russians will be free to return home to their families as soon as they are given exit visas by the Russian authorities," Greenpeace said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/amnesty-for-greenpeace-arctic-30-20131218-2zlj0.html#ixzz2nt6Aygfd |
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