Greenpeace activists released

Four Greenpeace activists hold a press conference following their release from jail. The activist were detained for 20 days for staging a peaceful climate protest during the UN Climate Summit. Copenhagen, Denmark. 07/01/2010.

The "Red Carpet Four" from the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, were arrested following a peaceful protest at the start of a State Banquet hosted by Queen Margrethe II for world leaders attending the Copenhagen climate summit.
They are: Greenpeace Spain's executive director, Juan López de Uralde, 46; development manager Nora Christiansen, who is Norwegian but lives in Denmark; Greenpeace Switzerland logistics co-ordinator Christian Schmutz, 37; and Joris Thijssen, 35.