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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11474

23 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 27
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) india
European Parliament calls for release of European sailors

Brussels, 22/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 21 January, the European Parliament called on India to release the 35 sailors (including 14 Estonians and 6 Britons) who were arrested by the Indian authorities in October 2013 when they were on board a ship (the Seaman Guard Ohio) flying the flag of Sierra Leone.

The ship belongs to the private US security company AdvanFort. The crew comprised 25 armed guards and 10 sailors. On 11 January they were all sentenced to five years in prison by...