Greenpeace Russian tanker activists held in Netherlands

Dutch police boarded a ship belonging to the Greenpeace campaign group and arrested 30 activists who were trying to block a Russian oil tanker from docking in Rotterdam.

Greenpeace said that the vessel was carrying the first oil from a new offshore platform in the Arctic.

• Primary Source

The Guardian, 01.05.14: Dutch arrest 44 Greenpeace activists blocking Russian Arctic oil tanker http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/01/greenpeace-russian-arctic-oil-tanker

Deutsche Welle, 01.05.14: Dutch police arrest Greenpeace activists attempting to block Russian tanker http://dw.de/p/1BrwV

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