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Netherlands holds Greenpeace activists

Rainbow Warrior trying to stop Russian ship 'with Arctic oil'

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(ANSA) - Rome, May 1 - Dutch police on Thursday boarded a Greenpeace ship and arrested 30 environmental activists trying to stop a Russian oil tanker docking in Rotterdam.
    Greenpeace said the ship had the first oil cargo from a new Arctic offshore platform Among those arrested was Peter Willcox, captain of the militant organisation's Rainbow Warrior ship.
    Willcox was among campaigners detained by Russia last year after protesting against Arctic drilling.
    Some 30 activists were held on hooliganism charges in September after Russian authorities boarded their ship, the Arctic Sunrise, during an anti-drilling demonstration against a Gazprom offshore rig.
   

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