The Mission to Seafarers charity says a last-minute appeal has been lodged against the decision of India's high court that apparently ended their ordeal.
Indian authorities arrested the 197-dwt support ship Seaman Guard Ohio (built 1984) in October 2013 for allegedly illegally entering its waters.
India had planned to charge them for not notifying the country of weapons on board.
But the men were freed in July and the case was then dropped.
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