April 2013 — Reports | The Nuclear Resister

Five arrested protesting drones at Beale Air Force Base
April 30, 2013
TWO HOUR BLOCKADE PREVENTS HUNDREDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM ENTERING DRONE SUPPORT BASE Marysville, California – Five people were arrested around 8 a.m. on April 30 after dozens…
Judge issues gag order in Plowshares trial
April 30, 2013
DEFENDANTS MAY NOT TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH – ONLY THE PART THE JUDGE ALLOWS Judge Amul Thapar issued rulings on a number of motions before him in the Transform Now Plowshares case…
Anti-Kudankulam protesters arrested
April 30, 2013
The police on Saturday, April 20 arrested as many as 146 activists, including 105 men, 36 women and five children of the Anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project People’s Federation…
The Prophets of Oak Ridge
April 30, 2013
Last summer, in the dead of night, three peace activists penetrated the exterior of Y-12 in Tennessee, supposedly one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the United…
Conscientious objector Kimberly Rivera to serve ten months in prison
April 30, 2013
From the War Resisters Support Campaign, Canada TORONTO — On Monday afternoon, during a court-martial hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado, Kimberly Rivera was sentenced to 14 months…
Trial to start on May 6, support needed for Transform Now Plowshares
April 28, 2013
Dear Friends, Next week (May 6th) our friends from the Transform Now Plowshares community will begin trial before Federal District Judge Amul Thapar in Knoxville, TN. Since last…
31 arrests at New York drone protest; donations needed for bail fund
April 28, 2013
Thirty one members of the “Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars” were arrested on April 28 at Hancock Air Base protesting what they believe is the illegal use of…
“Bush” and “Cheney” arrested!
April 28, 2013
DALLAS, TEXAS — Two activists wearing large paper mache masks resembling former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney were arrested Thursday, April 25 for…
Chinese activist detained after protesting N. Korea’s nuclear tests; at risk of torture
April 24, 2013
URGENT ACTION – April 19, 2013 Activist Liu Yuandong, a businessman, was detained on 23 February in Guangzhou, China after he took part in a protest against North Korea’s nuclear…
Shut-It-Downers end series of protests with Earth Day presence at Vermont Yankee
April 24, 2013
Vernon, Vermont—Accompanied by the drums and prayers of the monks and nuns of the New England Peace Pagoda, the Shut It Down Affinity Group concluded a weeklong series of…
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark testifies at court hearing for Transform Now Plowshares
April 23, 2013
HE WALKS AROUND WITH IT BY HIS SIDE The judge interrupted the questioning of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark as he testified at a hearing in federal court in Knoxville…
~ Prison letter from Brian Terrell, from Yankton
April 23, 2013
In the final weeks of a six month prison sentence for protesting remote control murder by drones, specifically from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, I can only reflect on my…
Jailed NATO protester pleads guilty, begins three year prison sentence
April 22, 2013
(Adapted from press releases at nato5support.wordpress.com) Mark Neiweem, a 28-year-old Chicago activist, pleaded guilty in Cook County Court April 11 to felony charges brought on…
Twelve arrested at Federal Courthouse in NYC demanding closure of Guantanamo detention facility
April 22, 2013
Responding to reports that 84 men — more than half of those imprisoned at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay — are hunger striking to protest their indefinite detention…
Persistent women arrested at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant five days in a row
April 18, 2013
Vernon, Vermont – Two women of the Shut It Down Affinity Group face charges of trespass and vandalism after police arrested them on Monday, April 15 in the Vermont Yankee nuclear…
Forty-seven arrested; Faslane nuclear weapons base shut by protesters for 3 hours
April 15, 2013
Hundreds of people from across the UK, France and as far away as New Zealand converged on Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, homeport to Trident, at 7 a.m. on April 15, blocking all…
~ Message from Yang Yoon-Mo, Jeju prison
April 9, 2013
UPDATE ON YANG YOON-MO ON HIS 68TH DAY IN PRISON Yang Yoon-Mo hit his 68th prison day on Monday, April 8. On April 10, he will hit his 70th prison day. On a sunny Monday, the way…
Gangjeong is in emergency! Resistance to naval base construction continues…
April 8, 2013
April 8 and 9 While company workers block the gates [of the site of a new naval base being constructed on Jeju Island, South Korea], police are intentionally silent about it…
Three men arrested during march to Y-12 nuclear weapons plant
April 8, 2013
The Oak Ridge, Tennessee city police joined forces with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in an effort to stifle any public voice in opposition to the proposed…
May 7 trial date is on for Transform Now Plowshares
April 4, 2013
Today was the day we met our new judge; Amul Thapar came down from Covington, KY to take over the Transform Now Plowshares case from the docket of retiring judge Thomas Phillips…
Steve Kelly, SJ, in California jail, to be taken into federal custody due to outstanding warrant
April 4, 2013
[May 1 update: Steve Kelly is now being held at FDC SeaTac. You can write him a note of support: Stephen Kelly, #00816-111, FDC SeaTac, P.O. Box 13900, Seattle, WA 98198.] Fr…