11 reports
by Kathy Kelly May 29, 2013 A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley Manning. Basir Bita, a regular visitor to the […]
CAMP DOUGLAS, WI – On May 28, five nonviolent activists attempted to deliver an indictment for war crimes to Volk Field Commander Colonel Dave Romuald. They walked peacefully onto the base with the indictment in hand, and asked for a meeting with Colonel Romauld. Instead of a meeting, they were promptly arrested, taken to the […]
May 2013 Dear Friends of Jonah House, We are in a spirit of CELEBRATION! June 1, 2013 marks 40 years since the original Jonah House community began its life together in Baltimore. June 1, 2013 also marks 18 years since the community moved, as a whole, from the Park Ave. row-house to St. Peter’s […]
Greg Boertje-Obed, Michael Walli and Megan Rice are currently in the Irwin County Detention Facility in Ocilla, GA, awaiting their sentencing on January 28, 2014. The three were found guilty by a jury in Tennessee in May on two counts—Judge Amul Thapar revoked their pre-trial release saying they were technically guilty of a crime of […]
Credit for time served; Also, powerfully written legal brief filed with the court by attorney Roger Hunko Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ was given a 60 day sentence on March 20 by Judge Settle for violating conditions of supervised release put in place at the end of his prison sentence for the Disarm Now Plowshares action. […]
from Cape Cod Today by Paul Rifkin Plymouth Nuclear is picketed again by Cape Downwinders Cape Downwinders co-founder Diane Turco and nine others (Arlene Williamson of Mashpee, Sarah Thacher of East Dennis, Janet Azarovitz of Falmouth, Debbie McCullough of Truro, Joyce Johnson of Falmouth, Bill Maurer of Falmouth, Femke Rosenbaum of Wellfleet, Doug Long of […]
from a report by Art Laffin May 17th marked the 100th day of the hunger strike of Guantanamo prisoners, with protests and vigils around the world calling for an end to indefinite detention, torture and the closing of Guantanamo. In Washington, D.C., a noon-time vigil on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House brought […]
Kim Young-Jae was arrested on April 12 while standing in front of a truck, on the road leading into the site of a naval base under construction on Jeju Island, South Korea. Two days later, he was issued a warrant and taken to jail. Here are translated excerpts from a letter he wrote on April […]
THE PERSECUTION OF THE OAK RIDGE THREE from Counterpunch by Fran Quigley In just ten months, the United States managed to transform an 82 year-old Catholic nun and two pacifists from non-violent anti-nuclear peace protestors accused of misdemeanor trespassing into federal felons convicted of violent crimes of terrorism. Now in jail awaiting sentencing for their […]
Facebook postings from Sung-Hee Choi and Paco Booyah, May 3-13 – more information at savejejunow.org [May 3] “Policemen, if you move this altar, 1 billion Catholic followers all over the world will watch over you.” The young Father from Jeju finished ALL the orders of the Catholic mass despite the repeated remarks by Koo Seul-Hwan, […]
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 […]
