Peter Henry Wilcox
Peter Henry Wilcox, born 1953, Murmansk Oblast. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of Arctic Sunrise”. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 15, 2013.
In brief
Murmansk Oblast · Murmansk · Environmentalists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
`according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism
Latest event
December 25, 2013 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 15, 2013
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure changed
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Arctic Sunrise
Criminal case
The case of Arctic Sunrise
Other defendants in the case
- Gizem Akhan — Imprisoned
- Andrei Allakhverdov — Imprisoned
- Ana Paula Almignana Maciel — Imprisoned
- Faiza Aulahsen — Imprisoned
- Jonathan Beecham — Imprisoned
- Philip Ball — Imprisoned
- Kieron Bryan — Imprisoned
- Marco Weber — Imprisoned
- Christian D'Alessandro — Imprisoned
- Tomasz Dziemianczuk — Imprisoned
- Roman Dolgov — Imprisoned
- Ekaterina Zaspa — Imprisoned
- Dmitry Litvinov — Imprisoned
- Miguel Hernán Pérez Orsi — Imprisoned
- Anthony Perrette — Imprisoned
- Francesco Pisanu — Imprisoned
- Alexander Pohl — Imprisoned
- Colin Russell — Imprisoned
- Ian Rogers — Imprisoned
- Paul Ruzycki — Imprisoned
- Anne Mie Ruer Jensen — Imprisoned
- Sini Saarela — Imprisoned
- Denis Sinyakov — Imprisoned
- Camila Spesiale — Imprisoned
- Mannes Uebels — Imprisoned
- Alexandra Harris — Imprisoned
- David John Haussman — Imprisoned
- Frank Hewetson — Imprisoned
- Ruslan Yakushev — Imprisoned
Thematic group: The Arctic Sunrise case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Уилкокс Питер Генри, 1953 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in connection with the peaceful protest of Greenpeace activists who, in September 2013, sailed on the ship "Arctic Sunrise" to the "Prirazlomnaya" oil platform in the Pechora Sea, protesting against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf. The ship was forcibly stopped, and all those on board were detained. He was initially charged with piracy, which was later reclassified as hooliganism. He was in custody from September 2013, and he was released on bail in November 2013. He was granted amnesty in December 2013.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- USA
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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