14 DAY TRIAL // This November 22, ITLOS (the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) demanded that Russia immediately free all the Greenpeace activists that were arrested back in September in the aftermath of a protest against oil company Gazprom.
What's more, ITLOS asked that the country also allow the Arctic Sunrise, i.e. one of Greenpeace's ships, to return home.
“The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) today ordered the Russian Federation in a binding ruling to release the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and the 28 activists and two freelance journalists on board upon payment of a €3.6 million [$4.5 million] bond,” Greenpeace writes on its website.
The organization says that, following ITLOS' issuing this order, it will not be long until the Arctic 30 and their ship are released from Russian custody.
“Russia is now under an obligation to comply with the order: the Russian Constitution itself states that international law forms an integral part of the Russian legal system and Russian courts are under an obligation to implement the order,” Greenpeace explains.
Here's hoping that Russia will do what Greenpeace and the world expects, and that it will not be long until the environmentalists are returned to their families.