Greenpeace considers appeal to European Court to free activists arrested in Russia

Greenpeace's appeal to the European Court of human rights to try to release the militants who were arrested in Russia in September, after attempting to climb a platform of Gazprom, in the Barents Sea, a protest against oil exploration in the Arctic.

The ecologist organisation denounced yet, this Monday, the conditions of detention of their 30 militants and collaborators as "inhuman".

Greenpeace's lawyer stated that "many of the detainees have health problems". Without wanting to "reveal the names and the problems we have," Serguei Golubok considered that "any appropriate medical care are coming".

The NGO also released a letter from the Chief mechanic of the Greenpeace icebreaker which asks to deal with ' Arctic Sunrise ', given the risk of the boat sinking.

The Greenpeace ship was taken over by the Russian authorities, that the towed to the port of Murmansk and put the 30 crew members in custody for two months, accused of "piracy in organized group".

According to some analysts, the crew will be judged and condemned, to serve as an example for the future, but Vladimir Putin should pardon the activists because they belong to a large international organization.

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