Russia refuses to bail two Britons held for Greenpeace protest


  • World
  • Saturday, 12 Oct 2013

Briton Kieron Bryan (R), a Greenpeace International commissioned freelance videographer, attends a bail hearing at the Regional Court of Murmansk October 11, 2013. REUTERS/Dmitri Sharomov/Greenpeace/Handout via Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Britons held in Russia for a Greenpeace protest were ordered to remain in pre-trial detention on Friday, a defeat for the first of the many foreigners among the 30 detainees to seek bail.

Freelance videographer Kieron Bryan and Greenpeace activist Phillip Ball, who, like the others, face piracy charges, had appealed against an order that they be held through late November.

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