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Here is the prepared statement Megan Rice read to the court on Tuesday, February 18, 2014: PART I As I sat observing the facial expressions of participants present in the hearing on January 28th, I sensed a clear sense of a shared mental reaction during the arguments on this restitution evidentiary Table submitted by the […]
Memo to Judge: Really?? From CounterPunch by Ralph Hutchison We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and deliver your […]
by Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa Nine months after their conviction on charges of sabotage and criminal damage at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, three nuclear abolitionists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms today, February 18, in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Federal Court Judge Amul Thapar imposed prison terms less than […]
by Toby Blome Sentenced to 10 hours of Community Service and a $10 fee; Judge Claire warns of harsher consequences next time due to “ban & bar” orders served to them at the time of arrest The “Wheatland 4” were arrested in April last year, while protesting drone warfare at Beale Air Force Base. They […]
All found guilty of disorderly conduct but acquitted of trespassing; Order of Protection extended 2 years; Judge decides to send a message [UPDATE: On February 25, Elliot Adams (the last defendant of the Hancock 17 drone protest group) was taken right to jail from the courtroom. He was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced […]
by Jack Cohen-Joppa Today’s sentencing hearing in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee for three nuclear disarmament activists was continued to February 18 after a winter storm forced early closure of the courthouse. By the time Federal Court Judge Amul Thapar suspended proceedings shortly after lunch, he had heard mitigating arguments and testimony from character witnesses […]
from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee “… new consideration should be given to clemency for Leonard Peltier.” Professor James Anaya On Friday January 24, 2014, United Nations Special Rapporteur, Professor James Anaya visited United States Penitentiary Coleman 1 in Florida, to meet with American Indian political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Professor Anaya was accompanied by Leonard “Lenny […]
Christopher Spicer, a graduate student at Boston College’s Master of Divinity program, was arrested by Oak Ridge City Police and charged with trespass when he apparently stepped across the blue-line boundary at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Sunday, January 26, 2014. Spicer was attending the Sunday vigil sponsored by the […]
from religionandpolitics.org By David Cook We are truly human when we act responsibly to restore harmony and act with love and compassion to restore truth, transparency and the equitable distribution of the resources endowed by our common Creator. This sentence was written in black ink on an 8×12 white sheet of paper from inside the […]
from Shut it Down affinity group BRATTLEBORO, Vermont—Acting on their conviction that governments, regulatory agencies, and corporations fail to honor the public trust, nine women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group went to Entergy Corporation headquarters on Old Ferry Road January 15 to demand the immediate shut down of Entergy’s 42-year-old Vermont Yankee nuclear […]
by Leonard Eiger On January 18, 2014 activists from a Puget Sound-based nuclear abolition group engaged in a nonviolent direct action at the US Navy’s West Coast nuclear submarine and nuclear weapons base. Members of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the main gate to Naval […]
from The Irish Times by Lorna Siggins [trial report from the Nuclear Resister follows this update] Margaretta D’Arcy arrested in Galway yesterday A 79-year old feminist, peace activist, film-maker and member of Aosdána has been jailed for three months in Limerick Prison in relation to protests over US military use of Shannon Airport. [Send her […]
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