Greenpeace - direct action to protect whales
The municipal court in Stavanger today allowed police to seize the Greenpeace vessel MV Sirius. The court charged Greenpeace with interfering with Norwegian whaling and disobeying coast-guard orders. The Sirius was arrested and towed into Stavanger on Tuesday morning after having peacefully protested against Norwegian whaling.
Meanwhile the whaling boat Kato, from which three rifle shots were fired at Greenpeace activists remains at sea. "The seizure of Sirius is a clear display of Norway's double standards. While the Sirius is seized for peacefully protesting illegal Norwegian whaling", the people who could have killed our activists remain at large, says Frode Pleym, Norwegian whale campaigner.
