![]() ![]() ![]() Willcox, who began his protest career marching behind Martin Luther King Jr in Selma, Alabama when he was aged just 12, is glad he took part despite admitting he wouldn’t do that again. ![]() The charges changed over time, before being dropped altogether – but for much of their incarceration they were facing 10 to 20 years in jail. They towed the ship to the port of Murmansk, where the protestors were initially detained before being transported to St Petersburg. The team had unsuccessfully tried to scale the drilling platform of the Russian energy giant Gazprom when coast guard officers armed with guns and knives came aboard and seized their ship, the Arctic Sunrise. The case of the Arctic 30 is probably the most high-profile environmental protest story of recent years. The Arctic 30 Peter Willcox looks on after being released on bail from the SIZO 1 detention centre in Saint Petersburg (Photo credit: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images) ![]()
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