November 2017 IN THIS E-BULLETIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONVOY BLOCKED IN SCOTLAND GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS BREAK INTO FRENCH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; 22 ARRESTED 17 ARRESTED AT PROTEST OF ARMS INDUSTRY CONFERENCE IN BELGIUM PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS – THE NUCLEAR RESISTER NEEDS YOU! _____________________________________________ Nuclear weapons convoy blocked in Scotland On November 16, a […]
Monthly Archive for November, 2017
from phys.orgGreenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety with new break-in
A group of Greenpeace activists broke into a French nuclear power plant on Tuesday, November 28 and scaled the walls of a building containing spent nuclear fuel to highlight security shortcomings at the facility.
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Photo © Frederik Sadones via Vredesactie
from Vredesactie Belgium and Istopthearmstrade.eu
For the fourth year in a row, peace activists took action at a conference in Belgium of the European Defense Agency (EDA). Four hundred arms dealers, lobbyists from the arms industry and policy makers met together about the future of European defense. The conference took place behind closed doors, where critical voices may not enter. Dozens of peace activists, including a member of the European Parliament, presented themselves at the entrance to the conference on the morning of November 23. They were dragged away by the police. Seventeen peace activists were arrested.
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Nukewatch UK photo
from Nukewatch UK
On November 16, a convoy carrying nuclear weapons was halted briefly by three members of Nukewatch UK as it left the Defence Support Group base in Stirling, near Bannockburn, in protest of the continued transport of Trident warheads on public roads and the risks that these pose to the community.
David Mackenzie, Jane Tallents and Janet Fenton safely brought the vehicles to a standstill as the convoy attempted to leave the base on their way from AWE Burghfield near Reading where warheads are assembled to RNAD Coulport near Helensburgh where the warheads are loaded onto submarines. They were taken to a police station, charged with “obstructing the police” for not moving out of the road when asked, and later released. The activists pointed out that they weren’t asked to leave the road, just shoved aside.
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