Nuclear weapons plant protester sentenced to 40 hours of community service
Nuclear resisters go to court in Kansas City by Jane Stoever Two folks who crossed a forbidden line, all to say they oppose nuclear weapons, came to Municipal Court in…
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Activist begins 12 day prison term for refusing to pay an unjust fine related to resistance to naval base construction on Jeju Island, S. Korea
by Sung-Hee Choi (Sorry for my hurried translation) I, Sung-Hee Choi, enter 12 days’ prison as of today’s date, October 13, refusing to judicial oppression and enforcement of fines on…
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Three NSA drone protesters acquitted on one charge, low fines on others
A quick but comprehensive trial today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland for three women who protested drone targeting at the National Security Agency at Ft Meade, Maryland, resulted…
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Challenging Drone Warfare in a U.S. Court
by Kathy Kelly On October 7, 2014, Kathy Kelly and Georgia Walker appeared before Judge Matt Whitworth in Jefferson City, MO, federal court on a charge of criminal trespass to…
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Australian peace activists detained and assaulted by SAS on Swan Island
from Swan Island Peace Convergence Before dawn on October 2, eight peace activists entered the top secret Swan Island military base near Queenscliff, Australia. The group entered in the early…
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Another NY drone protester goes to jail
from Upstate Drone Action Jack Gilroy, 79, of Endwell, New York was sentenced on October 1 to three months incarceration, three years probation, and $1,000 fine by DeWitt Town Court…
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Clergy and veterans among eleven people arrested at Beale Air Base over two days of Campaign Nonviolence demonstrations
Eleven people, including clergy and veterans, were arrested during two days of peace demonstrations at Beale Air Force Base in California, site of the surveillance drone Global Hawk, which performs…
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K.C. judge finds protester guilty of trespass action, tells her to stay away from local nuclear weapon plants
The judge and prosecutor wanted to consider only a line-crossing. Civil resister Georgia Walker and her lawyer wanted to expose the evil of nuclear weapons, the scourge of contaminants from…
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Campaign Nonviolence action at White House; 5 arrested
by Ken Butigan, Pace e Bene, Campaign Nonviolence Fr. John Dear joined scores of activists, including Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin, at the White House on the morning of September 23…
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Fairness and Justice? Post-9/11 Muslim Charity Prosecution
by Katherine Hughes Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. My passion for the protection of civil liberties was sparked at the age of 14 when I saw a documentary on the…
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Army refuser Sara Beining arrested and jailed after going AWOL again
A single mother and Iraq war veteran is in jail in Colorado Springs. Sara Beining went AWOL a second time last summer after a nearly year-long delay in resolving the…
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Scottish Trident nuclear weapons base blockaded in post referendum protest
from Trident Ploughshares On the morning of September 22, four days after the historic referendum, Trident Ploughshares [1] and Faslane Peace Camp [2] have partially blocked the north gate to…
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