Ten arrested at Feast of the Holy Innocents witness at Pentagon
On December 29, over 50 people from the Atlantic and Southern Life Communities held a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon to commemorate the feast of the Massacre of the Holy…
December 2014
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Five protesters arrested for painting nuclear abolition message on fence of Scotland’s Trident base
Scrap Trident Message Painted on Faslane Fence Five protesters from the campaign group Trident Ploughshares were arrested on December 17 after painting on the Faslane fence a…
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Dr. Shakir Hamoodi, in prison for violating Iraq sanctions, released to halfway house
Dr. Shakir Hamoodi was released from the Federal Prison Camp in Leavenworth, Kansas this week, and transferred to a halfway house in Columbia, Missouri. He will stay there for an…
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Drones and Discrimination: Kick the Habit
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, federal Magistrate Matt Whitworth sentenced me to three months in prison for having crossed the line at a military base that wages…
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Kathy Kelly receives 3 month prison sentence for drone protest
Two peace activists sentenced for drone warfare protest at Whiteman Air Force Base from Voices for Creative Nonviolence On December 10, Human Rights Day, a federal magistrate found…
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Supporters celebrate when drone protester didn’t receive jail time at sentencing; a year or more was expected
Surprise Conditional Discharge for Hancock Drone Resister Mark Colville Mark Colville, a Catholic Worker from New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced on December 3 in DeWitt Town…
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Punish the Bearer of Bad News – a post-prison reflection from drone protester Jack Gilroy
I just spent two months as a prisoner in Jamesville Penitentiary in Jamesville, NY. I was jailed for my involvement in an April 28, 2013 solemn funeral procession at Hancock Air…
