December 2012

6 reports

  1. Indian women released on bail as Koodankulam Nuclear Power plant prepares to go on-line

    Three women from the village of Idinthakarai in Tamil Nadu, all leaders in the mass movement opposed to the start-up of the joint Russian-Indian nuclear power project at the southern tip of India, have been released on bail.  Xavieramma, Sundari and Selvi had been denied bail and charged with various crimes including sedition following their […]

  2. Sign petition for Japanese educator, jailed for protest against burning nuclear waste

    [Nuclear Resister update: Professor Shimoji was released from jail on December 28.] Information from Civic Activity – an organization supporting citizens opposing spread of radiation. On December 9, 2012, Masaki Shimoji, an associate professor of economics at Hannan University was arrested and jailed by the Osaka Prefectural Police.  This arrest is extremely unjust in form […]

  3. Hancock 15 drone resisters convicted; 5 sentenced to 15 days in jail

    from Upstate Drone Action: In DeWitt, New York,  Town Court, in a swift four and a half hour trial on December 13, Judge Jokl found eleven of the original fifteen protesters of Reaper drones, guilty of trespass. Hancock Air National Guard Base is home of the MQ-9 Reaper drone maintenance and training center, adjacent to […]

  4. New sabotage charge for Transform Now Plowshares

    NEWLY CHARGED WITH SABOTAGE, STILL FOLLOWING THE LAW OF LOVE from Transform Now Plowshares A new charge of sabotage, carrying up to 20 years in prison, has been leveled against the Transform Now Plowshares defendants.  In the new indictment, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli face two charges from the original indictment, but […]