Greenpeace Director Kumi Naidoo Offers Himself in Exchange for Release of Arctic 30

[peoli]

Source: EcoWatch

Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo has written to President Vladimir Putin offering to travel to Moscow as early as possible to meet with the Russian President, in an effort to end the continued incarceration of 28 peaceful activists and two freelance journalists.

In the letter, delivered today to the Russian embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, Naidoo offers to move his life to Russia and act as a guarantor for the good conduct of the activists if they are released on bail.

President Putin suggested he was open to dialogue with Greenpeace when he spoke at the recent International Arctic Forum conference in the Russian city of Salekhard. At the meeting President Putin said: “It would have been much better if representatives of this organization were present in this room and would express their opinion on the issues we are discussing, expressed their complaints or demands, rendered their concerns, nobody would ignore that.”

The letter reads as follows:

Read more: http://ecowatch.com/2013/kumi-naidoo-offers-himself-for-release-arctic-30/

[Sunlei]

1. where is Russia holding the 30 people? when will they face charges & have they been charged yet?

They also took their ship.

[msanthrope]

3. If only some super-great hacker, interested in governmental transparency and the plight of

the oppressed would get the info, and if only some super-great columnist would publish their outrage about this, then I'm sure Mr. Putin would work to resolve this.

[riderinthestorm]

4. This isn't a secret. Its been on the news...

Jailed in Murmansk.

Charged with piracy.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/03/greenpeace-activists-charged-piracy-russia

[Cha]

5. Thanks peoli

[peoli]

6. you're welcome.