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Sentencing statement of Sr. Megan Rice
February 21, 2014
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…
What We Owe the Oak Ridge Three
February 20, 2014
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…
Prison sentences for three U.S. nuclear disarmament activists
February 18, 2014
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…
California anti-drone protesters convicted of trespassing
February 11, 2014
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…
Hancock drone resisters jailed
February 7, 2014
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…
Snow delays sentencing of Transform Now Plowshares
January 28, 2014
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…
U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People visits Leonard Peltier in prison
January 28, 2014
“… 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…
Protester arrested for trespassing at Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, TN
January 27, 2014
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…
Letters from a Georgia Jail: Anti-Nuclear Activists Await Sentencing
January 23, 2014
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…
Nine women arrested at Entergy Headquarters in Brattleboro
January 23, 2014
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…
Activists honor Dr. King by acting against nuclear weapons; 11 arrested at Bangor sub base and Lockheed Martin
January 20, 2014
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…
Irish peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy jailed
January 16, 2014
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…

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