DUNKIRK, France: French police arrested four Greenpeace activists on Monday over blocking a cargo ship for five hours that they alleged was transporting uranium from Russia for the country´s nuclear power plants.
Around 20 protesters carrying signs reading “Stop toxic contracts” and “Solidarity with Ukrainians”, blockaded the Mikhail Dudin at the northern port of Dunkirk early on Monday morning, to prevent it from unloading its cargo, an AFP journalist observed.
French authorities took three women and one man into custody, Dunkirk´s public prosecutor´s office told AFP, saying the individuals were of German, Austrian and Dutch nationality, without offering further specifics. Authorities have opened an investigation into the “obstruction of freedom to work”, which carries a possible one-year prison term and a fine of 15,000 euros ($17,550).
