Charged with protests in whaling vessels of whales

The activists Sahar Babaei and Elissa May Phillips have been charged with their protests on board Hval 8 and whales 9 in September 2023, where they objected to the proposed whaling of Hval hf.

The women, who are known under the names of Anahita Sabaei and Elissa Biou in the previous media coverage, boarded the ships unauthorized on Monday night, September 4, and settled in barrels in the mast ships and subsequently refused to leave them despite the instructions of the police.

The protests received a lot of attention, but the women did not come down until one and a half days later after a lot of conversation with the police, which eventually helped them to go down from the masts.

They were subsequently removed in a police car, but on the same day it was reported that Hvalur hf. would have loved the women. On the same day, the ships set off for whaling.

According to the prosecution, Iran’s national temperature and Elissa, a UK citizen, are charged with housewife and violation of the maritime protection law. In the Criminal Code, a criminal offense may result in up to six months in prison, although up to one year in prison can be applied if there is a great deal, but it is referred to if the person is armed or has used violence.

Regarding violations of the Navigation Protection Act, the prosecution is referred to the articles of access to port facilities. There, « without the authorization of the port authorities, the captain, the owner of a ship or a shipping company, a person is not allowed to board a ship, take a ship by ship or try to travel as a stealth passenger by ship in or from Icelandic jurisdiction. » May violate these laws, but imprisonment for up to two years if the sake of large or repeated violation.