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To: londonfeministnetwork<BR>From: finn<BR>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:06 +0000<BR>Subject: [londonfeministnetwork] Fw: Press Release: Peace-woman to be prosecuted under Anti-Terrorism legislation<BR><BR>
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<BR><BR>Finn Fox says, "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play in your hair."<BR><BR>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR>From: aldermaston women <<A href="mailto:info@aldermaston.net">info@aldermaston.<WBR>net</A>><BR>To: aldermaston women <<A href="mailto:info@aldermaston.net">info@aldermaston.<WBR>net</A>><BR>Sent: Monday, 18 August, 2008 4:25:43 PM<BR>Subject: Press Release: Peace-woman to be prosecuted under Anti-Terrorism legislation<BR><BR>*Press Release: Peace-woman to be prosecuted under Anti-Terrorism <BR>legislation. * *<BR>18 August 2008<BR><BR>Juliet McBride of Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp (AWPC), will appear <BR>before Newbury Magistrates Court on 20 and 21 August charged with <BR>trespass on a nuclear licensed site under the Serious Organised Crime <BR>and Police Act (SOCPA).<BR><BR>Mrs McBride was sitting quietly on a fence holding a rainbow flag with <BR>the word "peace" on it, when she was arrested on 10 March 2007. Her <BR>action was to draw attention to the new developments at AWE Aldermaston <BR>in the week of the parliamentary vote which approved the development of <BR>a new generation of nuclear submarines from which to launch Trident <BR>missiles. Work on the building of facilities to test, design and build <BR>new warheads for the Trident system had, in advance of the vote, already <BR>commenced at Aldermaston.<BR><BR>The government brought in s.128 of SOCPA 2005 in order to criminalise <BR>trespass on sites designated by the Secretary of State. However, this is <BR>the first case in the country to be brought under s.128 as amended by <BR>s.12 of the Terrorism Act 2006 which criminalises trespass on a nuclear <BR>licensed site. According to the MoD in 2006, the introduction of this <BR>"offence will therefore protect the general public's democratic right to <BR>protest by ensuring that any such protests are conducted in a safe and <BR>controlled environment.<WBR>"<BR><BR>In her defence, Mrs McBride (who despite over 20 years of protest has no <BR>previous convictions at Aldermaston) will assert that the prosecution of <BR>a peaceful protester under this legislation is disproportionate, and <BR>violates the right to freedom of expression.<BR><BR>"Successive governments have shown they are determined to stifle <BR>democratic participation in decision-making about Britain's nuclear <BR>weapons", said Mrs McBride. " This prosecution is yet another strand in <BR>that story..."<BR><BR>She will also challenge the MoD's interpretation of the legislation to <BR>apply beyond the boundaries of the Nuclear Licensed Site. During debate <BR>on the Terrorism Bill, the Minister who introduced the amendment to <BR>SOCPA stated that “there would have to be substantial entry beyond the <BR>fence”and that “the individuals concerned would physically have to go <BR>beyond the fence”.<BR><BR>Other anti-nuclear and anti-war protesters have been prosecuted under <BR>s.128 at Menwith Hill, the US spy-base; Faslane, from where Trident <BR>nuclear submarines are deployed and - still awaiting trial - at <BR>Lakenheath, from where US nuclear bombs were recently withdrawn.<BR><BR>------------<WBR>---------<WBR>---------<WBR>---------<WBR>-<BR>For further information contact: Juliet McBride 07841351123 or AWPC on <BR>07887802879<BR><BR>Photograph available: Juliet Mc Bride on the fence at Aldermaston with <BR>the new Gemini office complex, built to house some 1500 new staff, in <BR>the background<BR><BR>Notes for Editors:<BR>[1] Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2006 amends the Serious Organised <BR>Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA), and provides for the offence of <BR>criminal trespass at nuclear sites licensed by the Health and Safety <BR>Executive, entering into force on 13 April 2006<BR><A href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060011_en.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.opsi.<WBR>gov.uk/acts/<WBR>acts2006/<WBR>ukpga_20060011_<WBR>en.pdf</A><BR>According to an MoD press release (3 April 2006) these sites include the <BR>Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, Atomic Weapons Establishment <BR>Burghfield and Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport.<BR><A href="http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?ReleaseID=194233&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromSearch=True" target=_blank>http://www.gnn.<WBR>gov.uk/content/<WBR>detail.asp?<WBR>ReleaseID=<WBR>194233&NewsAreaI<WBR>D=2&NavigatedFro<WBR>mSearch=True</A> <BR><<A href="http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?ReleaseID=194233&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromSearch=True" target=_blank>http://www.gnn.<WBR>gov.uk/content/<WBR>detail.asp?<WBR>ReleaseID=<WBR>194233&NewsAreaI<WBR>D=2&NavigatedFro<WBR>mSearch=True</A>> <BR><BR>For previous arrests at other military sites under the SOCPA, see for <BR>example, "Helen and Sylvia, the new face of terrorism" (Independent, 6 <BR>April 2006)<A href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article356033.ece" target=_blank>http://news.<WBR>independent.<WBR>co.uk/uk/<WBR>legal/article356<WBR>033.ece</A> <BR><<A href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article356033.ece" target=_blank>http://news.<WBR>independent.<WBR>co.uk/uk/<WBR>legal/article356<WBR>033.ece</A>><BR><BR>[2] Hansard, HC Debates, 3 November 2005, Cols 1028-1029<BR><BR>-- <BR>--<BR>************<WBR>*********<WBR>*********<WBR>**<BR>Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp(aign)<BR><BR>postal: 5 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DX, Britain<BR>UK m: 07969 739 812<BR>email: <A href="mailto:info@aldermaston.net">info@aldermaston.<WBR>net</A><BR>web: <A href="http://www.aldermaston.net/" target=_blank>http://www.aldermas<WBR>ton.net</A><BR><BR>To subscribe to email alerts for action YOU can take to oppose the next generation of nuclear weapons, send us an email with the subject line "tng_alerts"<WBR>.<BR><BR>To receive sporadic email information about AWPC (other campaigns, camps, events, etc), send us an email with the subject line "awpc_announce"<WBR>.<BR><BR>Both these lists are announce-only (so no discussion), with minimal (but important!) traffic.<BR>************<WBR>*********<WBR>*********<WBR>**<BR>Regular monthly, women-only peace camp. Second weekend of each month. <BR>Shareholder actions, propaganda, nonviolent direct action, public awareness, vegan cake.<BR>************<WBR>*********<WBR>*********<WBR>**<BR><BR> <BR><A href="mailto:londonfeministnetwork-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk?subject="> </A><BR></DIV></DIV>
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