21 activists arrested, some in U.S. Senate chamber, calling for accountability for police murder and U.S. torture
From Ferguson to Guantánamo: White Silence Equals State Violence Demonstrators Interrupt U.S. Senate; Block D.C. Central Cell Block Entrance from Witness Against Torture Witness Against Torture held one action at two locations on January 12 in Washington, D.C. condemning domestic racism and the violation of human rights in the War on Terror. Inside the United […]
Two activists arrested during torture protest at Dick Cheney’s house
Witness Against Torture and Code Pink mark 14th anniversary of opening of Guantanamo prison with torture protest on Dick Cheney’s lawn WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Two protesters were arrested at the McLean, Virginia, home of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday after 20 demonstrators, some in orange prison jumpsuits, walked onto his property […]
~ from MDC Brooklyn by Sr. Megan Rice, imprisoned nuclear disarmament activist
December 10, 2014 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Following Thanksgiving time, and preparing to celebrate the gifting time, I again find a shared response to all our faithful correspondents most appropriate. Once again, especially moved by a passage from Matthew 11, for today, speaking clearly of gifts treasured by prophets everywhere. I quote Jesus’ own in: […]
Security breach by protesters at UK drone base; four arrested
Peacemakers open gateway for peace at drone base On January 5, four protesters were arrested inside RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire protesting the continuing use of armed drones. The protesters cut through the fence creating a “New Year gateway for peace” at the base and made their way towards the Reaper Ground Control Station from which […]
Ten arrested at Feast of the Holy Innocents witness at Pentagon
by Art Laffin On December 29, over 50 people from the Atlantic and Southern Life Communities held a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon to commemorate the feast of the Massacre of the Holy Innocents (the actual feast was on Sunday, December 28). The noon-time witness began with a procession in which participants carried banners and […]
Five protesters arrested for painting nuclear abolition message on fence of Scotland’s Trident base
from Trident Ploughshares Scrap Trident Message Painted on Faslane Fence Five protesters from the campaign group Trident Ploughshares were arrested on December 17 after painting on the Faslane fence a demand for the abolition of all nuclear weapons and for the UK’s Trident sytem to be scrapped. One of the protesters, Brian Quail said “Trident […]
Dr. Shakir Hamoodi, in prison for violating Iraq sanctions, released to halfway house
from the Support Dr. Shakir Hamoodi Facebook community Dr. Shakir Hamoodi was released from the Federal Prison Camp in Leavenworth, Kansas this week, and transferred to a halfway house in Columbia, Missouri. He will stay there for an undetermined time, then transfer to house arrest (in his home) until the end of his sentence. Although […]
Drones and Discrimination: Kick the Habit
by Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence On December 10, International Human Rights Day, federal Magistrate Matt Whitworth sentenced me to three months in prison for having crossed the line at a military base that wages drone warfare. The punishment for our attempt to speak on behalf of trapped and desperate people, abroad, will be […]
Kathy Kelly receives 3 month prison sentence for drone protest
Two peace activists sentenced for drone warfare protest at Whiteman Air Force Base from Voices for Creative Nonviolence On December 10, Human Rights Day, a federal magistrate found Georgia Walker of Kansas City, Missouri and Kathy Kelly of Chicago, Illinois guilty of criminal trespass to a military installation. On June 1, the women attempted to […]
Supporters celebrate when drone protester didn’t receive jail time at sentencing; a year or more was expected
Surprise Conditional Discharge for Hancock Drone Resister Mark Colville Mark Colville, a Catholic Worker from New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced on December 3 in DeWitt Town Court on 5 charges stemming from a protest at Hancock Air National Guard Base on December 9 of last year, when he and two Yale Divinity School students presented […]