Is Sea Shepherd a terrorist organization?

[Doktor]

Interesting. I asked about the org and about Japan.

I know who Watson is. He is extremist, not a terrorist.

[Gun Grape]

Interesting. I asked about the org and about Japan.

I know who Watson is. He is extremist, not a terrorist.

When does an extremist become a terrorist in your opinion?

[Doktor]

When they deliberately kill people to prove political goal and/or to cause fear among people.

[Status Quo]

Not terrorism, but related to greenpeace.

Russia Charges Greenpeace Activists With Piracy - WSJ.com

MOSCOW—Greenpeace said Russia charged 14 activists with piracy over a protest against Arctic oil drilling, despite international criticism and an earlier hint of leniency from President Vladimir Putin.

The activists from eight countries including Brazil, the Netherlands and Russia, were among 30 people detained last month after a Greenpeace boat approached an oil platform off Russia's Arctic coast and two protesters tried to scale it. More are expected to be formally charged in the coming days.

Greenpeace said the protest had been peaceful and that the piracy charges, which carry a prison term of up to 15 years, were "disproportionate."

"This is an outrage and represents nothing less than an assault on the very principle of peaceful protest. Any claim that these activists are pirates is as absurd as it is abominable," said Greenpeace International's executive director, Kumi Naidoo, in a statement.

A spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee, which is handling the investigation, said activists were being charged Wednesday, but declined to elaborate on the charges.

The 30 activists were detained by Russian border guards after a Dutch-flagged Greenpeace ship sailed near the platform, owned by state energy firm OAO Gazprom, OGZPY -0.99% on Sept. 18. Some protesters were detained as two of them tried to scale the rig. Russian border guards seized the Greenpeace vessel the next day and detained the rest of the activists before towing the craft ashore.

Greenpeace says it was a peaceful protest against potential environmental damage from oil exploration in the Arctic, where Russia is planning a number of projects to boost its oil production, which it relies on for federal budget revenues. The Gazprom platform, called Prirazlomnoye, is the first of those and is supposed to launch production this year.

A court in the Arctic city of Murmansk last week ordered the 30 activists to be held for up to two months pending an investigation, despite a request from the Netherlands that the crew be released.

Mr. Putin hinted at possible leniency last week, saying that although the activists had broken international law, they weren't pirates.

But Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for tougher punishments for activists who trespass on Russian energy industry infrastructure.

"Concern for the environment shouldn't mask illegal actions, regardless how lofty the goals of the people who take part in them," he said, Russian news agencies reported.