Turkish Greenpeace activist released from Russian prison

Turkey's Gizem Akhan, one of the Greenpeace activists who has been released on bail by a Russian court after spending two months in prison for staging a demonstration in the Arctic, left jail on November 22, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

“Of course I am very happy. We have been through a hardship but despite being free, the trial has not ended yet,” Akhan is quoted as saying by the news agency.

“I hope they will understand that we are not hooligans but a group of people who are concerned about the world’s future and that justice will be served,” Hurriyet Daily News cites Akhan as saying.