July 2013
IN THIS E-BULLETIN
- BRADLEY MANNING ACQUITTED OF AIDING THE ENEMY; SENTENCING PHASE BEGINS FOR OTHER CONVICTIONS
- SIX MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR LINE CROSSING AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE
- NATO 3 TRIAL POSTPONED TO JANUARY, 2014
- 24 ARRESTED AT NEW KANSAS CITY NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACTORY
- WOMEN BRING THEIR MESSAGE TO VERMONT YANKEE WORKERS, 8 ARRESTED
- FOUR TALISMAN SABER PROTESTERS ARRESTED AFTER BARRACKS BLOCKADE
- JEJU PRISONERS UPDATE
- YOUR LETTERS NEEDED TO SUPPORT ACTIVISTS IN PRISON
- PLEASE HELP US SUPPORT ACTIVISTS IN PRISON: A PLEA FOR SUMMER DONATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR RESISTER
Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy; sentencing phase begins for other convictions
by the Bradley Manning Support Network
“We won the battle, now we need to go win the war,” shared defense attorney David Coombs following the July 30 verdict. “Today is a good day, but Bradley is by no means out of the fire,” he said to dozens of emotional supporters outside of the Fort Meade, Maryland military courtroom. Coombs expressed subdued optimism going into the expected month-long sentencing phase of the court martial that will determine how long Bradley Manning will remain in confinement.
Bradley Manning had previously accepted responsibility for providing classified information to WikiLeaks, actions covered by ten of the 22 charges. Military judge Colonel Denise Lind found him guilty of 20 of those 22 charges, so PFC Manning still faces the possibility of over 100 years behind bars.
Read more here
Six month prison sentence for line crossing at Offutt Air Force Base
On July 25, Jerry Ebner was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Ebner crossed the line at Offutt Air Force Base, home of STRATCOM, on December 28, 2012 during the 34th annual Feast of the Holy Innocents witness. He will be allowed to self surrender at a federal prison to be assigned to him in a month or so.
Read more, including Jerry Ebner’s statement at sentencing, here
NATO 3 trial postponed to January, 2014
Update from NATO 5 Support: At a July 23 hearing, the judge told both sides to be ready instead for trial in early January, 2014. A final date will be confirmed at the next pretrial hearing on August 6.
On Tuesday, July 9, the NATO 3—Brent Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Jacob Church—had another status hearing to discuss discovery issues and three important pre-trial motions. The motions were Jacob’s motion to suppress his post-arrest statement to the police, the joint motion to dismiss the arson charges, and Brent’s motion to dismiss all his charges due to false testimony to the grand jury violating his right to due process.
Read more here
24 arrested at new Kansas City nuclear weapons factory
On July 13, about 80 people sang and prayed at the entry road to a new facility in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. By 10:15 a.m., two dozen protesters had crossed the property line and were soon arrested.
The five-building facility, the Kansas City Plant, at 14510 Botts Road in Kansas City, Missouri, will by next year house the operations of the current Kansas City Plant (at Bannister and Troost in KC), where 85 percent of the non-nuclear parts for U.S. nuclear weapons are made or procured.
Read more here
Women bring their message to Vermont Yankee workers, 8 arrested
Vernon, Vermont — Timing their presence to coincide with the end of the day shift at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Monday, July 15, eight women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group displayed signs from a legally-designated spot across Route 142 from the power plant driveway as workers exited.
After forty-five minutes of legal demonstration, the women crossed the road and blocked the power plant gate.
Read more here
Four Talisman Saber protesters arrested after barracks blockade
from The Morning Bulletin
Four peace activists were arrested on July 19 blockading the Caroona Street gate of Western Street Barracks, Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia). Their intention was to disrupt the Talisman Saber war rehearsals by putting their bodies on the road in front of military supply vehicles, activist Graeme Dunstan said.
Read more here
Jeju prisoners update
Since publication of the Nuclear Resister #170 (June 5, 2013), there have been new actions and several trials affecting those in prison for nonviolent resistance to navy base construction in Jeju Island, South Korea.
Read more here
Your letters needed to support activists in prison
Please write to judges and officials this summer in support of six imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists. Invite some friends over and sit down to write letters together, or perhaps you can include it as an activity at your peace group’s next meeting. Click on the links provided for information on the letters you can write to support the Transform Now Plowshares – Sr. Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli; military refusers Justin Colby and Kimberly Rivera; and Leonard Peltier.
Read more here
Please help us support activists in prison: A plea for summer donations for the Nuclear Resister
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