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Videographer faces piracy charge with a maximum sentence of 15 years. Kieron Bryan, 29, had been hired by Greenpeace to document their cause. All 30 people onboard the ship, including six Britons have been arrested. Arrests come after protests against oil drilling in Russian Arctic last week.

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A British journalist who filmed a Greenpeace protest on a Russian oil platform could face up to 15 years in prison after being charged with piracy. Freelance video producer Kieron Bryan was arrested along with 28 activists and another journalist, including six Britons, following a protest last month against Russia’s oil drilling in the Arctic. Yesterday, his father said that he was ‘shocked’ by the actions of the Russians and ‘disappointed’ that the UK Government had not done more to help the Brits. Facing time: Freelance videographer Kieron Bryan, 29, from Devon, has been charged with piracy by Russian state prosecutors, a charge which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. Seized: One of the activists on the ship managed to film the Russian coast guard entering the ship with drawn weapons on a mobile phone. The Russian Coast Guard seized the. Greenpeace ship and the 30 people on board after activists attempted to. scale an oil rig owned by Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom. But. Greenpeace condemned the charges as ‘extreme and disproportionate’ and. said the Russian actions were an ‘assault’ on the idea of a peaceful. protest. Mr Bryan, 29, is. one of three members of the crew with links to Devon currently being. held in Russia following the protest on September 18. Kieron's. father Andy Bryan, from Shebbear in Devon, said: ‘We are quite shocked. at the actions the Russians have taken against what is a peaceful. organisation. Under siege: Russian coast guards board the Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise, following a protest by  activists at a Russian oil platform in the Pechora Sea, off the coast of Russia. ‘We were hoping the situation would be higher profile, given there are six Brits in the group.’ Mr. Bryan said he was not aware of any statement or information being. issued by the government, which he said he was ‘surprised and. disappointed’ about. The. Foreign Office said that they were providing consular assistance. Alex. Harris, 27, who was brought up in Devon, and engineer Iain Rogers, 37,. from Exeter, are also being held. Greenpeace. said the charges were the biggest threat to its work since its ship. Rainbow Warrior was bombed in New Zealand in 1985 during its protest. against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Arms in the air: All 30 crew members and activists were taken into custody, including six Brits, one of whom now faces 15 years in prison charged with piracy. It. said that last month’s protest was peaceful and posed no threat, and. that piracy charges have no merit in international or Russian law. It. added that activists from Brazil, Britain, Finland and Sweden have been. charged with piracy and said that more activists are expected to be. formally charged today. Russian. President Vladimir Putin said last week that the protesters were. clearly not pirates but that they had violated international law. The. investigators said the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, had. violated the 500-metre (550-yard) security zone around the platform and. that it was carrying equipment for an unknown purpose. U.S. captain Peter Willcox (left) and boat mechanic Jonathon Beauchamp (right) are kept behind bars as they are remanded in custody for their involvement in the Greenpeace protest against a Russian oil drilling company. Jailed: Ten Greenpeace activists were remanded in custody by a Russian judge on Thursday, including Greenpeace spokesman Roman Dolgov (left) and protestor Dmitry Litvinov (right) Greenpeace. said that its ship stayed out of this zone but its inflatable boats. used by activists to reach the platform and then scale it posed no. danger. Fourteen Greenpeace activists, including at least four from the UK, have now been charged with piracy. The. Arctic rig is due to begin operation by the end of the year and will. likely produce six million tonnes of oil per year by 2019. But. Greenpeace says scientific evidence shows any oil spill from the rig. would affect more than 3,000 miles of Russia's northern coastline. Russian judge Dmitry Krivonosov handed 10 Greenpeace activists two month jail sentences for their protest in Russian waters last week. Last. night, Mr Bryan’s family told the Mail: ‘Kieron is a freelance. journalist who was employed by Greenpeace on a short term contract to. make films for both media and promotional distribution during the trip. to the Arctic. He is a journalist not an activist. ‘He is passionate about his work and is particularly interested in political and environmental issues. ‘We. are stunned and shocked at the charges the Russian authorities have. produced against him and urge the UK and Russian Governments to do. everything possible to secure his release as soon as possible. ‘Kieron. is a very kind and caring person. His family, in particular his. parents, are extremely worried about him and we just want him home.’ Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said: ‘It is an extreme and disproportionate charge. These dramatic tweets from the Arctic Sunrise describe the moment armed Russian coastguard officials boarded the vessel. An armed coastguard points a gun at an activist aboard a Greenpeace boat as they attempted to disrupt the Russian oil drilling operation. The armed assault by the Russian coastguard on the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise came after activists attempted to board an oil platform to prevent it drilling in the Arctic. Water cannons were used to try and stop Greenpeace activists climbing onto the oil platform. ‘A. charge of piracy is being laid against men and women whose only crime. is to be possessed of a conscience. 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. It is utterly irrational, it is designed to intimidate and. silence us, but we will not be cowed.’ He. added that Russia's treatment of the protesters was ‘the most serious. threat to Greenpeace's peaceful environmental activism’ since its ship. Rainbow Warrior was bombed in New Zealand in 1985, when the group was. protesting French nuclear testing in the Pacific. The activists have been in custody in the northern city of Murmansk since last week. A. Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: ‘We are providing. consular assistance to all six British nationals arrested in connection. to the protest by Greenpeace. ‘Consular. officials have travelled to Murmansk, raised the issue with Russian. authorities and are providing support to the British nationals and. liaising with Greenpeace.’