June 2013
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
- SIX ARRESTS DURING KILLER DRONE PROTEST AT CIA
- SIX BRITISH DRONE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT WADDINGTON RAF
- SHUT IT DOWNERS CITED FOR BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS AND ROADS NEAR ENTERGY’S HEADQUARTERS
- ARRESTS AT WHITE HOUSE GUANTANAMO PROTEST
Six arrests during killer drone protest at CIA
Fifty people protested killer drones at the main gate of the CIA on Saturday, June 29, and six individuals were arrested. The action was organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], a group that has been active in challenging U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, abolishing torture, closing Guantanamo, and bringing an end to drone warfare.
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Six British drone protesters arrested at Waddington RAF
On the morning of June 3, six peace activists representing “Disarm the Drones” were the first activists in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences. They were kept overnight at Lincoln police station after they planted a peace garden in RAF Waddington and went to court the next morning. The group was charged with conspiracy and intent to trespass and cause criminal damage. The conspiracy charge was soon dropped. They are scheduled for a preliminary hearing in court on July 4. The nonviolent peace activists – the “DISARM the Drones 6″ – managed to breach security at Britain’s top security drone control base in Lincoln. Their threat was considered so serious that their homes were raided by police at night while they were in jail and computers were seized.
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Shut It Downers cited for blocking driveways and roads near Entergy headquarters
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – Cited for disorderly conduct after blocking a public roadway and Entergy Corporation driveways Wednesday morning, June 12, eight members of the Shut It Down Affinity Group received court dates of July 23 in Windham County Courthouse. Sergeant Mark Carrigan and Officer David Cerrito of the Brattleboro Police Department arrested the women after they blocked Glen Orne Drive near Entergy’s Vermont Yankee headquarters and while they blocked driveways into Entergy parking lots. The women carried a banner reading “Fuel Rods Equal Catastrophe” and read a statement urging closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
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Activists arrested at White House Guantanamo protest
A dynamic protest outside the While House against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba came to a climax on Wednesday, June 26 when Vietnam veteran Diane Wilson climbed over the White House fence. Suddenly, there she was standing on the White House lawn like an apparition in her orange prison jumpsuit. Wilson was quickly surrounded by heavily armed Secret Service agents and a menacing police dog. She was arrested, charged with unlawful entry and turned over to police in Washington, D.C., where she was held overnight.
Upon her release from jail and court, Diane Wilson, a former Army medic and member of Veterans For Peace, concluded her 58 day water-only fast in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners at Guantanamo.
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