Greenpeace activist dangles from Eiffel Tower in Russia protest PARIS | Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:39am EDT (Reuters) - A Greenpeace activist suspended himself from the Eiffel Tower on Saturday to call for the release of 30 people who have spent more than a month in a Russian jail over a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic After lowering himself from the second tier of the Paris landmark, the man unfurled a large yellow sign saying: Free the Arctic 30. He was brought down about two hours later by firemen without incident. Twenty-eight Greenpeace activists and two journalists were arrested last month after trying to scale a Gazprom oil platform off Russias northern coast, the countrys first offshore oil platform in the Arctic. reuters/article/2013/10/26/us-france-greenpeace-idUSBRE99P02Z20131026
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:21:46 +0000
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