Write a note of support to these imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists.
Key:
Name ID# (if needed) (sentence – in/out date if known)
prison or support address
(action & date)
NUCLEAR RESISTERS
Gregory Boertje-Obed 1226167 (in 5/8/13)
Unit 4, Knoxville County Sheriff’s Detention Facility, 5001 Maloneyville Rd., Knoxville, TN 37918.
Megan Rice 1226166 (in 5/8/13)
Knox County Jail, 5001 Maloneyville Rd. Knoxville, TN 37918.
Michael Walley 1226169 (in 5/8/13) [sic - jail misspelled Walli on forms]
Unit 2, Knoxville County Sheriff’s Detention Facility, 5001 Maloneyville Rd., Knoxville, TN 37918.
(Transform Now Plowshares action group jailed pending sentencing following conviction for sabotage and depredation of government property at Y-12 nuclear weapons complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 7/28/2012)
Stephen Kelly #00816-111 (in 3/29/13)
FDC SeaTac, P.O. Box 13900, Seattle, WA 98198.
(Awaiting hearing for violation of parole from Disarm Now Plowshares action)
Liu Yuandong (in 2/23/13)
Tianhe District Detention Centre, Guangzhou, China (don’t have exact address).
((Detained on February 23 after taking part in a protest against North Korea’s nuclear tests; at risk of torture – support needed)
Leonard Peltier 89637-132 (life)
USP Coleman I, U.S. Penitentiary, POB 1033, Coleman, FL 33521.
(Native American political prisoner framed for abetting murder while defending traditional indigenous from threats including uranium mining on sacred lands)
ANTI-WAR RELATED ACTIONS
Kimberly Rivera (ten months – in 4/29/13)
NAVCONBRIG Miramar, P.O. Box 452136, San Diego, CA 92145-2136.
(Army conscientious objector court martialed on return from refuge in Canada, pled guilty to two counts of desertion)
Justin Raymond Colby (nine months – in 3/23/13)
COLBY, Justin, 1450 Alder Rd., Box 339536, JBLM, WA 98433-9536.
(War objector, pled guilty to desertion, 3/13)
Robert Chantal #92461-020 (six months – out 9/11/13)
FCI Jesup, Federal Correctional Institution, 2680 301 South, Jesup, GA 31599.
(Convicted of trespass at Ft. Benning, GA in protest to close the School of the Americas, 11/18/12)
Brian Terrell 06125-026 (six months – out 5/27/13)
FPC Yankton, POB 700, Yankton, SD 57078.
(Convicted of trespass at drone protest, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, 4/15/12)
Shakir Hamoodi 21901-045 (three years – out 4/17/15)
USP Leavenworth, POB 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
(Plea agreement to one count of violating 1991-2003 U.S. sanctions by providing personal charity for family and friends living in Iraq)
Yang Yoon-Mo, Prisoner No. 301 (18 months – in 2/1)
Jeju Prison, 161 Ora-2dong, Jeju City 690-162, Jeju, the Peace Island, Korea.
(Obstruction of business of military port contractors, Jeju, South Korea)
Kim Young-Jae, Prisoner No. 435
Jeju Prison, 161 Ora-2dong, Jeju City 690-162, Jeju, the Peace Island, Korea.
(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.)
Lee Jong-Hwa, Prisoner No. 125
Jeju Prison, 161 Ora-2dong, Jeju City 690-162, Jeju, the Peace Island, Korea.
(Arrested on April 28 while blocking a truck on the road leading into the site of a naval base under construction on Jeju Island, South Korea)
Park Suk-Jin, Prisoner No. 199
Jeju Prison, 161 Ora-2dong, Jeju City 690-162, Jeju, the Peace Island, Korea.
(Jailed on May 7 due to violating bail conditions of a 2012 sentence resulting from a protest of the naval base under construction on Jeju Island, South Korea)
Bradley Manning 89289 (awaiting court martial)
Commander, HHC USAG; Attn: PFC Manning; 239 Sheridan Ave. Bldg 417; JBM-HH VA 22211.
(Alleged to have leaked military video and documents showing evidence of U.S. war crimes)
Rafil Dhafir 11921-052 (22 years – out 4/26/22)
FMC Devens, Federal Medical Center, P.O. Box 879, Ayer, MA 01432.
(Convictions resulting from providing humanitarian and financial aid to Iraqis in violation of U.S. sanctions, 2/05)
Norman Edgar Lowry Jr. KN 9758 (1 to 7 years – max out 8/31/18)
SCI Dallas, 1000 Follies Rd., Dallas, PA 18612.
(Sentenced 5/21/12 for third trespass at military recruiting office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 8/1/11)
Brian Church 2012-0519002
Jared Chase 2012-0519003
Brent Betterly 2012-0519001
P.O. Box 089002, Chicago, IL 60608.
(Jailed pending on various charges related to protests at NATO summit in Chicago, May 16-17, and held on bail from $150,000–$1.5 million)
Mark Neiweem #M36200 (three years – in 5/2012)
P.O. Box 112, Joliet, IL 60434.
(Sentenced in plea agreement, guilty of [unrelated] probation violation and solicitation and attempted possession of an explosive or incendiary device due to undercover police provocation of protests at NATO summit in Chicago, 5/2012)
Sebastian Senakiewicz M32870 (four months)
Cannot receive mail since March, 2013 transfer to boot camp.
(Polish national pled guilty to of one count of falsely making a terrorist threat leading up to NATO summit in Chicago, May, 2012. Judge recommended four months ‘boot camp’ in lieu of four years in prison, to be followed by deportation to Poland. Jailed since 5/2012)