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divdiv class=story-body readability=45 span class=story-date#13; span class=date26 October 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time21:05 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A British journalist detained in Russia after a Greenpeace protest has said he fears losing years of his life being kept away from his family and friends. /p#13; pVideo journalist Kieron Bryan, 29, from London, was one of 30 people arrested on boat Arctic Sunrise at an offshore oil drilling rig on 18 September./p#13; pHe is one of six Britons charged with hooliganism. /p#13; pIn a a href=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article1332492.eceletter to the Sunday Times/a, Mr Bryan, originally from Devon, described his treatment as ludicrous./p#13; pThe 30 men - 28 activists and two journalists - had originally been charged with piracy, but Russian authorities dropped the charges last week, replacing them with hooliganism charges./p#13; pThat new charge has a maximum penalty of seven years rather than 15. /p#13; pGreenpeace denies any wrongdoing and is calling for the release of the detainees - who come from 18 countries - and the Arctic Sunrise./p#13; pSo far all bail applications in the case have been refused./p#13; span class=cross-head'Terrifying'/span#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13;blockquote readability=1p class=first-childI spend 23 hours a day in here with nothing but the occasional book and my thoughts”/p/blockquote#13;span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditKieron Bryan/span#13; #13;#13; /div p id=story_continues_2In his letter, Mr Bryan said: My greatest fear is being kept from my family, my friends and my girlfriend for any great length of time./p#13; pIn many ways I'm lucky I don't have children who depend on me, but the fear of losing years of my life and the opportunity to perhaps start a family is terrifying./p#13; pHe said the hardest moment he had faced was his first night in prison when the group was split up and placed in different cells./p#13; pNow the difficulty is the silence and ignorance imposed by our detention, he said. /p#13; pHe described his cell as 26ft long, 13ft wide and 20ft high./p#13; pI spend 23 hours a day in here with nothing but the occasional book and my thoughts, he wrote. We are granted an hour a day for exercise which is held in a shed about 30 metres from my cell. If I'm lucky I might get to shout a quick hello to an English speaker./p#13; pHe also described some of the food provided. Lunch - soup and a fish stew - tastes like an ashtray full of seawater, he said. Another dish is clearly boiled from breakfast onwards./p#13; pThe other Britons being held are activist Philip Ball, of Oxfordshire, logistics co-ordinator Frank Hewetson from London, activist Anthony Perrett from Newport in south Wales, communications officer Alexandra Harris, originally from Devon and 2nd engineer Iain Rogers, from Exeter./p#13; pAll 30 people who were on board the ship are in pre-trial detention in the northern port city of Murmansk until 24 November. They have complained of being held in harsh conditions./p#13; pThey were detained when Russian security sources stormed the ship five weeks ago following a protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic./p#13; pEleven Nobel prize-winners have written to Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him to drop the charges of piracy. /p#13; pThe Netherlands took the case of the Dutch-flagged ship and its crew to the UN tribunal in Hamburg on Monday./p#13; pThe Russian foreign ministry released a statement pointing out that Moscow had opted out of UN Law of the Sea dispute procedures, which infringe upon sovereignty, in 1997./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center