Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 19:42
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot would be freed under an amnesty but described their protest against him in a church as disgraceful.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 20:47
The amnesty, which would also allow the release of members of the Pussy Riot punk band, has been largely viewed as the Kremlin`s attempt to soothe criticism of Russia`s human rights records.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 17:38
Thirty people arrested in Russia over a protest against Arctic oil drilling will avoid trial and the threat of jail under an amnesty set to be approved by parliament, lawyers and Greenpeace said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 09:17
Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia`s approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hasten the natural wonder`s demise.
Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 22:27
Russia has freed the last of 30 people detained after a Greenpeace protest in Arctic waters.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:31
Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell, the last of the 30 Arctic detainees, was granted bail Thursday by a court in Russia`s St. Petersburg, the group said in a statement here.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 18:10
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:22
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea has ordered Russia to immediately release the Greenpeace activists, who were detained on September 19, on receipt of a €3.6 million (£3m) bond from the Netherlands.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 08:51
Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering UN climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 00:25
Russia on Thursday released 10 Greenpeace activists on bail, bringing to 11 the number freed from jail as President Vladimir Putin said the group had noble motives for their Arctic protest.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 08:42
Russian courts on Tuesday granted bail to nine foreign Greenpeace activists detained for a protest in the Arctic, bringing to 12 the number released over the last days and raising hopes of a solution to a case which has raised global concern.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 16:02
Three Russians who were among 30 people arrested for a Greenpeace protest against offshore Arctic drilling were granted bail on Monday in a case that has drawn fierce criticism from abroad.
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