October 2015
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
FIVE MORE ARRESTS OF ANTI-DRONE PROTESTERS AT BEALE AIR FORCE BASE
ANTI-MILITARISTS IN SPAIN OBSTRUCTED CONVOY HEADED TO NATO WAR EXERCISE
MARGARET FLOWERS ARRESTED PROTESTING AFGHAN HOSPITAL BOMBING
BRITISH WAR TAX REFUSER JAILED FOR SIX WEEKS
PLEASE SUPPORT IMPRISONED ANTI-NUCLEAR AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS – THE NUCLEAR RESISTER NEEDS YOU!
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Five more arrests of anti-drone protesters at Beale Air Force Base
Five activists, including two military veterans, were arrested at Beale Air Force Base in California early on the morning of Tuesday, October 20. They were protesting the use of drones by the U.S. around the world that are killing hundreds of civilians, including children. The base is home to surveillance drones which pick the targets for U.S. Predator drones. More than 100 people have been arrested at Beale Air Force Base during repeated drone protests since 2013.
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Anti-militarists in Spain obstructed convoy headed to NATO war exercise
On October 16, a group of anti-militarist activists impeded and disrupted the departure of a military convoy from the port of Sagunto, Spain due to be deployed in war maneuvers in the next few days by army units of more than 30 countries as part of the NATO exercise “Trident Juncture 2015”. The activists assembled at the dockside, where a cargo vessel with vehicles and arms was being unloaded in preparation for the live fire stage of the NATO military maneuver in San Gregorio (Zaragoza), Spain. While two activists stood in front of two tanks, two more activists rapidly chained themselves with lock-on tubes to the vehicles and cut off the road leading from the port area. Another two activists unveiled banners that read “War Stops Here” and “Sorry for the Inconvenience: Obstructing War Preparations”. The group was arrested and later released with charges.
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Margaret Flowers arrested protesting Afghan hospital bombing
Before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about Afghanistan, pediatrician and activist Dr. Margaret Flowers was arrested on October 6 for speaking out against the U.S. bombing of a Doctors Without Border hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Dr. Flowers was holding a sign which read “BOMBING HOSPITALS = WAR CRIME”. In the attack on Kunduz, twelve staff members and at least seven patients, including three children, were killed; 37 people were injured, including 19 staff members.
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British war tax refuser jailed for six weeks
A long-time anti-war activist was sent to jail for refusing to pay his council tax on the grounds that the UK government is engaged in terrorism. On October 7, Chris Coverdale of Rye, East Sussex, was imprisoned for 42 days by Hastings magistrate court, for refusing to pay over £1,800 in council tax to Rother district council.
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