The parents of a British journalist detained in Russia while covering a Greenpeace protest have told Sky News they have endured a "very difficult time".
Andy and Ann Bryan attended a silent demonstration outside the Russian embassy in London demanding the release of their son Kieron, who could face the prospect of years in jail.
The 29-year-old videographer, from Devon, was among 30 people including six Britons who were held when armed Russian officials boarded their vessel, the Arctic Sunrise, in September.
The boat and Greenpeace protesters were seized close to oil company Gazprom's platform in the Pechora Sea and taken to the port of Murmansk.
Mr Bryan pictured at a hearing in Russia The six Britons, including Mr Bryan, who was documenting the protest, were being investigated for piracy, but were later charged with hooliganism.
The demonstrators are reportedly being moved to St Petersburg.
The journalist's mother and father were joined by journalists and freedom of speech campaigners, many of whom wore stickers across their mouths, as they handed embassy staff a petition signed by 1,400 people in support of his release.
The signatures include hundreds from UK journalists, including national newspaper editors.
Kieron Bryan's parents Ann and Andy Mrs Bryan said Russia had made its point and called for her son to be released.
"Punishment should fit the crime and for what happened that day I think they've more than served their punishment," she said.
"I just hope that common sense, and a sense of fair play and justice, will come out of this."
She also said her son was in a cell for 23 hours a day and the conditions were "basic" and "tough".
One of the activists at the protest Mrs Bryan last spoke to her son on the phone two weeks ago and although they have since exchanged emails and letters, these have had to go through translation and approval stages, she said.
"He seemed calm and strong. He was trying to be positive," she said.
"Today we're not so sure because we've heard they are now being moved to St Petersburg, so that's another upheaval for them."
Mr Bryan told Sky News his son's detention had been a "very difficult time" for the family, adding: "Not knowing what the outcome might be obviously makes life very difficult for us."
He said the protest and petition were "vital" and he hoped they would go "some way to getting Kieron home soon".
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