{"id":60404,"date":"2023-07-03T07:54:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=60404"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:18:50","slug":"from-the-arctic-to-the-amazon-peaceful-protests-will-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/from-the-arctic-to-the-amazon-peaceful-protests-will-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Arctic to the Amazon, peaceful protests will continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nothing can really prepare someone for the thought of losing their freedom. This was something I could only imagine as I witnessed friends and colleagues threatened with years of imprisonment on trumped-up charges of piracy and hooliganism. What they had been doing was peacefully protesting against fossil fuels, and, as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/arctic-30-european-court-human-rights-ruling\/\">court ruled this week<\/a>, the state action taken against them was baseless and unjust.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/06\/efd1178a-gp04yqp-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"At a detention Hearing in St. Petersburg, Russia. Activist Ana Paula from Brazil is pictured behind bars holding a handwritten sign saying #SaveTheArctic. A guard in uniform stands behind her \u00a9 Vladimir  Baryshev \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-60510\" title=\"Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel Detention Hearing in St. Petersburg. \u00a9 Vladimir  Baryshev \/ Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace International activist Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel (from Brazil) at a detention hearing at Primorskiy Court in St. Petersburg. Ana Paula is one of the \u2018Arctic 30\u2019 who were detained by Russian authorities in 2013 following a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>This is the story of the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/arctic-30-jailed-russia-argue-their-case-in-european-court\/\">who became known as the Arctic 30<\/a>. They were 28 activists and two journalists from across the world who were detained after Russian commandos rappelled from a helicopter to board and seize the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in September 2013. They had just made a peaceful protest against Arctic oil production at the ice-resistant platform Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea, off Russia\u2019s north coast. Despite President Putin admitting the day after their formal arrest that \u201cit is absolutely evident that of course they are not pirates,\u201d the Arctic 30 spent two months in detention centres. First in Murmansk and later in St Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2014\/05\/1fe7a3d2-gp04srj_medium_res-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A Russian coast guard officer is seen pointing a gun at a Greenpeace International activist as five activists attempt to climb the 'Prirazlomnaya,' an oil platform operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom platform in Russia\u2019s Pechora Sea.\" class=\"wp-image-9724\" title=\"A Russian coast guard officer is seen pointing a gun at a Greenpeace International activist as five activists attempt to climb the 'Prirazlomnaya,' an oil platform operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom platform in Russia\u2019s Pechora Sea.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Russian coast guard officer is seen pointing a gun at a Greenpeace International activist as five activists attempt to climb the \u2018Prirazlomnaya,\u2019 an oil platform operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom platform in Russia\u2019s Pechora Sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate activism clamp down<\/h2>\n\n<p>This is becoming an all too familiar story around the world. Many governments are now taking previously unheard of harsh action against climate activists: such as a&nbsp;three-year<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/apr\/21\/just-stop-oil-protesters-jailed-for-dartford-crossing-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> sentence for scaling a bridge<\/a>&nbsp;in the UK, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/panorama\/justiz\/heilbronn-klimaaktivisten-der-letzten-generation-zu-mehreren-monaten-haft-verurteilt-a-fbb8ed61-f447-4e03-8792-644909fb0ca4\">five month sentence for blocking a road<\/a>&nbsp;in Germany,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2023\/01\/26\/preventief-optreden-tegen-klimaatactivisten-verontrust-amnesty-a4155424\">preventative arrests of XR activists<\/a>&nbsp;in the Netherlands, and hundreds of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/01\/21\/anti-protest-riot-state-laws\/\">anti-democratic bills across the US<\/a>&nbsp;that criminalise protest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.fr\/espace-presse\/dissolution-des-soulevements-de-la-terre-une-instrumentalisation-du-droit-pour-porter-atteinte-aux-libertes-individuelles\/\">\u201cSoul\u00e8vements de la terre\u201d environmental group<\/a>&nbsp;has just been arbitrarily dissolved by the French government after an amendment to a 2021 law. The dissolution of groups or associations by the French government was originally reserved only for particularly serious acts, such as those committed by private militias or combat groups, acts of terrorism, collaboration with the enemy and armed demonstrations.<br><br>Last month,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/05\/24\/greenpeace-exits-russia-where-does-that-leave-the-countrys-nature\">Greenpeace International was designated an \u201cundesirable organisation\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;by Russian authorities, prompting Greenpeace Russia to end 30 years of environmental work in the country.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2022\/12\/805b10e4-gp1sx76i_medium_res-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the Fehmarn Belt with a RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) against oil imports from Russia, which help finance Putin's war in Ukraine. The activists paint &quot;OIL IS WAR&quot; on the side of the tanker \u201cStamos\u201d, that delivers crude oil from the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to Rotterdam.\" class=\"wp-image-57478\" title=\"Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the Fehmarn Belt with a RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) against oil imports from Russia, which help finance Putin's war in Ukraine. The activists paint &quot;OIL IS WAR&quot; on the side of the tanker \u201cStamos\u201d, that delivers crude oil from the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to Rotterdam.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the Fehmarn Belt against oil imports from Russia, which help finance Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine. The activists paint \u201cOIL IS WAR\u201d on the side of the tanker \u201cStamos\u201d, that delivers crude oil from the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to Rotterdam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peaceful public protest is a right<\/h2>\n\n<p>What the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/arctic-30-european-court-human-rights-ruling\/\">European Court of Human Rights in its Arctic 30 v Russia ruling<\/a>&nbsp;this week reminds us is that peaceful public protest is a right that public authorities must respect in full. That any response should be proportionate. That freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly are protected under law.<br><br>Russia\u2019s ban of Greenpeace International or other arbitrary actions by states against the environmental movement are an absurd, irresponsible and destructive step in the face of the global climate and biodiversity crises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Peaceful activism is vital when governments fail to respond to catastrophic climate change and nature destruction. Disproportionate responses are purely to intimidate people who stand up to companies and countries that are causing serious harm to our wellbeing, planet and future. While inaction to stop violence perpetrated against peaceful protesters is another intimidatory tactic.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2022\/12\/06c2f1eb-gp1t3ksj_pressmedia-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of activists from Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands hold a peaceful protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the second biggest in the EU, stopping private jets from landing and taking off and sitting and cycling around the area where private jets are parked. The protesters are people concerned about the climate crisis and local residents whose lives are affected by the noise and air pollution from Schiphol Airport. The airport should be reducing its flight movements, but is instead even building a brand new terminal. We need a smaller airport, we want fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights.\" class=\"wp-image-57829\" title=\"A large group of activists from Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands hold a peaceful protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the second biggest in the EU, stopping private jets from landing and taking off and sitting and cycling around the area where private jets are parked. The protesters are people concerned about the climate crisis and local residents whose lives are affected by the noise and air pollution from Schiphol Airport. The airport should be reducing its flight movements, but is instead even building a brand new terminal. We need a smaller airport, we want fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A large group of activists from Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands hold a peaceful protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the second biggest in the EU, around the area where private jets are parked. We need a smaller airport, fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Photo by Ozgu Ozden on Unsplash<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solidarity is power<\/h2>\n\n<p>It is not just arrests, prison sentences and shut downs, however. Over the past decade,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalwitness.org\/en\/campaigns\/environmental-activists\/decade-defiance\/\">one environmental activist has been killed every two days<\/a>&nbsp;on average, with Brazil and Colombia recording the highest numbers of the more than 1700 deaths. May they rest in power and their killers be brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/04\/e1a772f5-gp0stvyn6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Indigenous leaders and Greenpeace activists protest on on Excavators Used by Illegal Mining in Indigenous Lands in the Amazon in Brazil. \u00a9 Tuane Fernandes \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-59202\" title=\"Indigenous leaders and Greenpeace activists protest on on Excavators Used by Illegal Mining in Indigenous Lands in the Amazon in Brazil. \u00a9 Tuane Fernandes \/ Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace activists and Indigenous leaders in a peaceful protest at the gates of a Hyundai plant in Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro state. The action marked the launch of a report with Greenpeace East Asia showing the part excavators play in the destruction of the Amazon forest and the threat they impose on the survival of Indigenous people in Brazil. Just weeks later, Hyundai said it will prevent the supply of excavators to illegal mining operations in the Amazon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>What happened to the Arctic 30 should never have happened. The distress caused still haunts me from time to time, as I recall and recount leading the mission on behalf of Greenpeace to get them home, back into the safe embrace of their families and friends. Into their own warm beds and not the hard bunks of an Arctic Circle prison cell. Out of the tight chains they were forced to wear and into their favourite outfits for a fun day out. Away from fear and into hope, security and peace.<br><br>Of course, my distress was a pale shadow of theirs and the angst felt by their loved ones. But what was clear to me then, as it is now, is the solidarity, bravery and compassion the movement shows when we are in times of peril.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nearly 2 million people signed and sent petitions to Russian embassies across the world calling for the release of the Arctic 30. Huge crowds took part in marches and artists created protest masterpieces, while civil society allies rallied around Greenpeace as we rallied around each other, supporting the Arctic 30 and their families, and teams of workmates, through the long days and nights as we struggled to gain the release of our friends and colleagues. This is the power of solidarity. This is the power of the movement and we shall not be cowed.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/06\/f91c8e9c-gp04w60-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Sini Saarela pictured behind bars at a bail hearing at a court in Murmansk, Russia holds a small handwritten note saying 'Thank you for all your support. #Arctic30'. \u00a9 Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-60493\" title=\"Sini Saarela pictured behind bars at a bail hearing at a court in Murmansk, Russia holds a small handwritten note saying 'Thank you for all your support. #Arctic30'. \u00a9 Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bail hearing for Greenpeace International activist Sini Saarela (from Finland), at the Regional Court of Murmansk. The \u2018Arctic 30\u2019 \u2014 28 Greenpeace International activists and two freelance journalists who were detained by Russian authorities in September 2013 following a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic \u2014 received messages of solidarity from around the world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shared purpose, shared security<\/h2>\n\n<p>Security for activists who are vocal about sensitive issues is vital. And not just activists. Security is crucial for anyone who speaks out against injustice, from journalists and authors to grandparents and teachers. But this security is lacking. The reality is that more and more governments are continuing to choose to protect polluting industries rather than the planet or the people who are able, and who find the courage, to stand up for their rights, and those of others.<br><br>As colliding crises, described by some as the polycrisis, intensify we will need to stand together, in solidarity, across issues, across countries. As a movement of movements we will need to provide shared security and come together like never before. With our vast numbers and voices, we can create our own sense of security. 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