Jury finds Transform Now Plowshares guilty; 3 activists jailed till September 23 sentencing
by Patrick O’Neill NOTE — During a Thursday morning hearing to decide if Michael, Greg and Sr. Megan would get released pending their Sept. 23 sentencing, the judge, a George W. Bush appointee to the federal bench, was clearly struggling with his decision because it appeared that he might have “no choice” but to remand […]
Five arrested protesting drones at Beale Air Force Base
TWO HOUR BLOCKADE PREVENTS HUNDREDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM ENTERING DRONE SUPPORT BASE Marysville, California – Five people were arrested around 8 a.m. on April 30 after dozens of anti-drone demonstrators blocked the entrance to Beale Air Force Base for hours, resulting in hundreds of vehicles being prevented from entering the base. The California Highway […]
Judge issues gag order in Plowshares trial
DEFENDANTS MAY NOT TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH – ONLY THE PART THE JUDGE ALLOWS Judge Amul Thapar issued rulings on a number of motions before him in the Transform Now Plowshares case scheduled to go to trial on May 7 in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Thapar’s ruling denies the Plowshares resisters most of the […]
Anti-Kudankulam protesters arrested
from The Hindu The police on Saturday, April 20 arrested as many as 146 activists, including 105 men, 36 women and five children of the Anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project People’s Federation when they tried to take out a procession from Kanyakumari to Kudankulam. The activists, who gathered in front of Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari, urged […]
The Prophets of Oak Ridge
from the Washington Post by Dan Zak Last summer, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the United States. A drifter, an 82-year-old nun and a house painter. They face trial next week on charges that fall under […]
Conscientious objector Kimberly Rivera to serve ten months in prison
From the War Resisters Support Campaign, Canada TORONTO — On Monday afternoon, during a court-martial hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado, Kimberly Rivera was sentenced to 14 months in military prison and a dishonourable discharge after publicly expressing her conscientious objection to the Iraq War while in Canada. A pre-trial agreement capped the sentence at 10 […]
Trial to start on May 6, support needed for Transform Now Plowshares
Dear Friends, Next week (May 6th) our friends from the Transform Now Plowshares community will begin trial before Federal District Judge Amul Thapar in Knoxville, TN. Since last year their disarmament action has kept the government and its contractors hopping as they have sought to downplay the significance of this witness and kept the focus […]
31 arrests at New York drone protest; donations needed for bail fund
ACTIVISTS PRESS HANCOCK AIR BASE TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW from Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars Thirty one members of the “Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars” were arrested on April 28 at Hancock Air Base protesting what they believe is the illegal use of drones in […]
“Bush” and “Cheney” arrested!
from The Progressive by Stephen C. Webster DALLAS, TEXAS — Two activists wearing large paper mache masks resembling former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney were arrested Thursday, April 25 for stepping into a street during a protest of the George W. Bush presidential library. The arrests, mere blocks away from […]
Chinese activist detained after protesting N. Korea’s nuclear tests; at risk of torture
from Amnesty International URGENT ACTION – April 19, 2013 Activist Liu Yuandong, a businessman, was detained on 23 February in Guangzhou, China after he took part in a protest against North Korea’s nuclear tests. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Liu Yuandong, a 35-year-old businessman, protested with several other people against North […]