Protest for detained journalist
A silent protest has been held outside the Russian embassy in London today for British journalist Kieron Bryan, who is one of the Arctic 30 being detained in Russia.
Supporters of British journalist hold silent protest
Supporters of British journalist Kieron Bryan have taken part in a silent protest outside the Russian Embassy, in central London, to call for the release of the Greenpeace activist and journalist being detained in Russia .
The videographer and 29 other people were arrested aboard a Greenpeace boat protesting against oil drilling and charged with piracy in September.
The thirty men and women have been moved from a detention centre in Murmansk to prison in St Petersburg
Russia’s Investigative Committee recently announced that the piracy charges would be replaced with charges of hooliganism but they have yet to be lifted.
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