The World Court Opinion at 15
Jun 6, 2011 1 Comment ›› orepaSunday July 10: Public Reading of the Court's Opinion. "The threat or use of nuclear weapons wold generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law." With those words, the International Court of Justice rendered its opinion on July 8, 1996; the court ...
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The Whole Truth?
May 12, 2011 No Comments ›› orepaTime and again the judge stopped defendants from telling the jury why they committed nonviolent civil resistance at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN on July 5, 2010—so the final day opened with three defendants, Ardeth Platte, Mary Dennis Lentsch, and Carol Gilbert, standing gagged before the court.
Continue ReadingY12 Resisters’ Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict
May 11, 2011 4 Comments ›› orepaY12 Resisters Found Guilty; Eight Taken Into Custody Awaiting Sentencing The outcome was never in doubt—the scales of justice were tipped against the defendants long before the trial began. But the prosecution had to work harder than they imagined, as the twelve Y12 Resisters mounted a vigorous defense, successfully putting US nuclear policy on trial at ...
Continue ReadingY12 Trial Report: Day 2
May 10, 2011 No Comments ›› orepaWith Enemies Like This, Who Needs Friends? or Day Two of the Y12 Resisters’ Trial On March 4, 2011, Judge Bruce Guyton heard arguments about the government’s motion to limit the testimony that Y12 resisters could give at their trial for crossing the line at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. On April 29, he ...
Continue ReadingNuclear Resisters’ Trial May 9
May 5, 2011 3 Comments ›› orepaTwelve conscientious citizens will stand trial in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee on Monday, May 9, on charges of criminal trespass for their July 5, 2010 act of nonviolent civil resistance in protest of continuing nuclear weapons production at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A ruling by federal magistrate Bruce Guyton on ...
Continue ReadingYouth Declaration for A Safer World • April 2011
Here is the text of the Youth Declaration for A Safer World Is Our Right:
Footprints for Peace
