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All of Greenpeace activists have been released except the Australian; Colin Russell. All the others were released on bail as a result of strong representation by those governments whose citizens were jailed in Russia. Australia has only made token gestures so far. Why?
Sea tribunal orders release of Greenpeace activists and ship Friday 22 November 2013
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has told Russia to release all 30 Greenpeace activists and the Dutch ship Arctic Sunrise on payment of a €3.6m bank guarantee. The crew should be free to leave Russian territory and the guarantee should be paid by the Dutch government into a Russian bank, the Hamburg-based body said. It would be wrong to make the crew suffer because of a dispute between the two countries, the tribunal said in its ruling. The Arctic Sunrise sails under the Dutch flag and two of the crew are Dutch nationals. The ship was seized by the Russian coastguard while protesting at Gazprom drilling in Arctic waters. The Netherlands went to the tribunal in an effort to have the crew and ship freed. However, Russia has refused to cooperate with the hearing and it is unclear what status Friday’s ruling will have. In addition, most of the activists have already been released on bail ahead of their trial in February next year. However, they have been ordered to remain in Russia, Nos television said.Read the ruling © DutchNews.nl – See more at:
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I have sent another essay tonight to Emmjay, Gerard and illustration: the subject is ‘Gender’. Thank you for helping keep the pub going with ideas and contributions. I will be ever so glad however when I get my new glasses and hope that will assist me contribute more.
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No worries and thanks Shoe,
We look forward to your contribution. You have always been a great supporter with many interesting articles.
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Abbott’s honeymoon with the electorate is now coming to a sticky end. That’s if it has even been consummated. Not a day goes by without something being demolished. Gonski education reforms, International relations, yesterday the threat of including our ‘dream of own home’ into the basket of means-testing (an apt term). Slaving away till seventy before a pension. The end of climate change advisory panels. Banning Carbon Tax. The Warsaw conference on climate change delegated to a clerk. Giving naval vessels to Shri Lanka , a country being a bit sus on Human Rights.
Well Tony darling ,I think I’ll have a thumping headache tonight, just think of Mother England or eat an apple instead.
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Coming to a sticky Gerard, I think it was still born. I have well connected Liberal friends who are quite simply horrified with Abbott. They had high hope for him, they’re now thinking one term.
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He’s not a PM’s a-hole Gerard. As LOTO he’d be yelling – just pick up the phone ….!!!!
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That would actually require him to do something vivienne
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