Peaceful activism is vital when governments fail to protect climate and nature.⁣ ⁣ People who take on the fossil fuel industry that’s causing serious harm to our wellbeing, planet and future, deserve support — not trumped up charges.⁣ ⁣ In a new blog, Mads Flarup, executive director at Greenpeace shares the story of the Arctic 30 — 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 freelance journalists imprisoned in Russia in 2013 for peacefully protesting against fossil fuels — and the fight to free them. ⁣ ⁣ The power of solidarity in the face of abuses of power shines through. ⁣ ⁣ Many governments are taking previously unheard of harsh action against climate activists. A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights this week in the case of the Arctic 30 v Russia, reminds us that people's right to protest must be protected.⁣ ⁣ ➡️ Read more: Link in bio greenpeace⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #ProtectTheProtest #RightToProtest⁣ .⁣ .⁣ 📷 © Vladimir Baryshev, Denis Sinyakov, Igor Podgorny, Deden Iman, Clément Tardif, Tom Jeffe...