‘Imagine you are being contacted by a journalist from the BBC. She asks for your opinion on the legality of Russia’s arrest and seizure of the Arctic Sunrise. Write a short memo, as if it was destined to be published on the BBC website.’

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‘Imagine you are being contacted by a journalist from the BBC. She asks for your opinion on the legality of Russia’s arrest and seizure of the Arctic Sunrise. Write a short memo, as if it was destined to be published on the BBC website.’

Answer 500 words from the materials

Greenpeace, ‘Arctic Sunrise Action Timeline’

http://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/en/blog/arctic-sunrise-action-timeline/blog/46743/

‘Greenpeace Activists Charged with Piracy by Russian Authorities’, The Guardian, 2 Oct. 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/02/greenpeace-activists-charged-piracy-russian-authorities

***Douglas Guilfoyle, ‘Can Russia Prosecute Greenpeace Protestors Over the Arctic Sunrise?’, The Conversation, 27 Sept. 2013

http://theconversation.com/can-russia-prosecute-greenpeace-protestors-over-the-arctic-sunrise-18683

‘Russia Drops Piracy Charges Against Greenpeace Group’, BBC News, 23 Oct. 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24645300

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