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divdiv class=story-body readability=29 span class=story-date#13; span class=date22 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time03:45 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A Greenpeace activist from south Wales has been freed after being detained at a prison in Russia./p#13; pAnthony Perrett, 32, from Newport, was arrested in September on hooliganism charges with 29 others after a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig./p#13; pGreenpeace said Mr Perrett has gone to an undisclosed location in St Petersburg and is with fellow campaigners and friends./p#13; pThe crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise originally faced piracy charges./p#13; pThe organisation said Mr Perrett is the first Briton to be released from detention in St Petersburg. Eleven others have also been granted bail./p#13; pA further 15 have had bail approved and are awaiting formal release./p#13; pAll 30 still face possible trial on charges of hooliganism over the protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig owned by the Russian company Gazprom. /p#13; span class=cross-headDeparture unclear/span#13; pOn Thursday, the BBC reported Russian prosecutors suddenly stopped opposing bail, and the judges started setting the campaigners free./p#13; pIt is still unclear if they will now be allowed to leave Russia./p#13; pThe Arctic Sunrise, with a crew from 16 countries, was seized by the Russian authorities on 18 September./p#13; pFive Britons have been granted bail but are still in custody: Frank Hewetson, Iain Rogers, Alex Harris, Kieron Bryan and Anthony Perrett. /p#13; pBail has been approved for the ship's US captain, Peter Willcox, as well as Ukraine's Ruslan Yakushev; Turkey's Gizem Akhan; Canada's Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki; the Netherlands' Faiza Oulahsen and Mannes Ubels; Switzerland's Marco Weber; Argentina's Miguel Orsi; and New Zealand's Jonathan Beauchamp./p#13; pOne detainee, Australian radio operator Colin Russell, was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention until 24 February. Greenpeace is lodging an appeal./p#13; pThe other three people still waiting for their bail hearings are Phil Ball from the UK, Roman Dolgov from Russia and Dima Litvinov from Sweden./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