Protest Against Repsol in Canary Islands

Greenpeace activists aboard inflatables hold a banner reading 'No Oil Exploration, Yes To Renewables (Prospecciones No, Renovables Si) and approach the 'Rowan Renaissance' drill ship. A Spanish Navy inflatable is on the left. The activists are protesting against the Repsol oil company's plans to drill off the coast of the Canary Islands.

Unique identifier: GP0STOPLK

Type: Image

Shoot date: 15/11/2014

Locations: Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain

Credit line: © Arturo Rodríguez / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Protest against Repsol in Canary Islands

One activist is hospitalised and another injured as Spanish Navy boats repeatedly ram Greenpeace boats engaged in a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Canary Islands, Spain. Inflatable boats from the Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’ approach the oil drilling ship ‘Rowan Renaissance’ to protest against reckless plans by Repsol to drill for offshore oil close to the popular Canary Islands tourist destinations of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The activists’ boats head towards the drilling ship flying flags in Spanish calling for ‘No oil exploration. Yes to Renewables’. They are aggressively intercepted and rammed repeatedly by three Spanish Navy boats from the Navy patrol ship ‘Relámpago’ (P43) which has been escorting the ‘Rowan Renaissance.' One activist, an Italian woman aged 23, suffers a broken leg and is evacuated to hospital in Las Palmas by the Spanish Navy. Another activist was treated on board the ‘Arctic Sunrise’ for minor cuts.

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