Arctic 30 to be held in Russian jail pending piracy investigation

by Jessica Wilson

September 27, 2013

Arctic 30 to be held in Russian jail pending piracy investigation

free-the-arctic-30In a court in Murmansk, Russia, the Arctic 30 were seen by six judges on September 26. No charges were laid, but all 30 are still being detained; 22 are being held for two months as Russian authorities pursue an investigation around piracy charges while eight are being held for three days awaiting a new hearing. Their names and status are below, alphabetically by nationality.

Help us free the Arctic 30.

Captain Peter Henry Willcox

Nationality: American

Status: Being detained for 2 months on piracy charges

Second mate Miguel Hernan Perez Orzi

Nationality: Argentinian

Status:Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Camila Speziale

Nationality: Argentinian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Radio operator Colin Russell

Nationality: Australian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Deckhand Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel

Nationality: Brazilian

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Activist Philip Ball

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Videographer Kieron Bryan

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Alexandra Harris

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Frank Hewetson

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Activist Anthony Perrett

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Second engineer Iain Rogers

Nationality: British

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Bosun Alexandre Paul

Nationality: Canadian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

First mate Paul D Ruzycki

Nationality: Canadian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Faiza Oulahsen

Nationality: Dutch

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Chief engineer Mannes Ubels

Nationality: Dutch

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Third mate Anne Mie Roer Jensen

Nationality: Danish

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Sini Saarela

Nationality: Finnish

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Deckhand Francesco Pisanu

Nationality: French

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Deckhand Cristian D’Alessandro

Nationality: Italian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Boat mechanic Jonathon Beauchamp

Nationality: New Zealand

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Electrician David John Haussmann

Nationality: New Zealand

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Tomasz Dziemianczuk

Nationality: Polish

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Roman Dolgov

Nationality: Russian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Freelance photographer (name withheld)

Nationality: Russian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Russian Activist(Name withheld on request)

Nationality: Russian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Doctor(Name withheld on request)

Nationality: Russian

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist Dima Litvinov

Nationality: Swedish / American (dual citizenship)

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

Activist Marco Weber

Nationality: Swiss

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Activist(name withheld on request)

Nationality: Turkish

Status: Being detained for 2 monthson piracy charges

Cook(name withheld on request)

Nationality: Ukrainian

Status: Being detained for 3 dayson piracy charges

See the timeline of the Arctic Sunrise action in Russia

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