War Tax Resister Reports to Federal Prison
(From Larry Dansinger, Maine War Tax Resource Center, via NWTRCC.org) About 40-50 people rallied in Bangor, Maine, in support of war tax resister Frank Donnelly on June 14, 2010. Donnelly, who had pled guilty in 2009 to tax fraud, appeared in court and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. He self-reported […]
~ from Skenäs Prison, Sweden, by Martin Smedjeback
SERVING TIME FOR PEACE IN SWEDEN 17th of June, 2010 I am led into the central office of the prison Skenäs outside of Norrköping. Two guards help me to carry my stuff. “It looks like you are moving in here!” says one guard. “That’s exactly what I am doing, temporary anyway,” says I. “Do you […]
Louis Vitale, Richard Sauder both out of jail
Fr. Louis Vitale completed a six month prison sentence for trespass at Ft. Benning, Georgia, on Friday, July 23. He walked out of the federal prison at Lompoc, California. Read about Vitale’s November 2009 arrest here. Also on July 23, Richard Sauder was convicted in federal court in Minot, North Dakota, of trespassing at a […]
British War Refuser Joe Glenton Released
Read the full report and view an interview with Joe at www.counterfire.org Joe Glenton, the soldier who refused to return to fight in Afghanistan and who spoke out against the war, was released from military prison yesterday. He was greeted by around 30 supporters and dozens of reporters outside the Military Corrective Training Centre in […]
EDO Decommissioners Acquitted; Elijah Smith Released
(from smashedo.org.uk) Elijah Smith, decommissioner of EDO MBM/ITT, is free after a year and a half in Jail. Well Done Elijah! All Decommissioners acquitted -Resisting War Crimes is Officially not a Crime The EDO Decommissioners have all walked free after unanimous acquittals following the three week trial which concluded on Friday (2nd July) at Hove […]
Igor Sutyagin Freed in “Spy” Swap
After serving more than ten years of a 15-year sentence for espionage, Russian arms researcher Igor Sutyagin was freed today in what is being reported as the largest spy swap between the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War. Sutyagin was not a spy, but reportedly shared sensitive information about Russian […]
Protesters Arrested at Nuke-Parts Plant in Kansas City
Published on Sunday, June 20, 2010 by CommonDreams.org by Jane Stoever and Ann Suellentrop The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant, managed by Honeywell to help make nuclear weapons, became the scene of civil disobedience for the first time June 18. Four people were arrested when they blocked the employees’ entrance to the plant, […]
Twenty-Four Anti-Torture Activists Acquitted
On Monday, June 14, twenty-four activists with Witness Against Torture were acquitted in Washington, D.C. Superior Court of charges of “unlawful entry with disorderly conduct.” The charges stemmed from demonstrations at the US Capitol on January 21,2010 – the date by which President Obama had promised the closure of the Guantanamo detention camp. Defendant Joy […]
Bonhoeffer Four trial – not guilty!
At 6am on March 31, two people used boogy boards to paddle to the Swan Island SAS base near Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, while two others blocked the main entrance. Once there they pushed the emergency stop button for the main Satellite Communications dish, and closed the base for the day. It is believed they were […]
Michael Walli sentenced to six months for Ft. Benning line-crossing, then released!
On Thursday, June 17, only three days after he was sentenced to six months of federal prison for carrying the protest against the School of the Americas onto Fort Benning, Michael Walli was released from jail. Early Thursday, Michael was ordered to pack up his belongings from his jail cell. He expected that he would […]