A Dutch court has ruled that Greenpeace protesters staging a sit-in must leave a deep-sea mining exploration ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii but that they can continue to demonstrate around the vessel. Canada-based The Metals Company's subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. runs the ship. It has accused the protesters of endangering the crew and breaking international law. Amsterdam District Court said in a summary ruling on Thursday that Greenpeace can “continue its actions around a ship in the South Pacific, but must instruct its activists to immediately leave” the vessel.
