Press Releases & Updates 2003

This morning at 9.30am, activists from Trident Ploughshares’ International Disarmament Camp, marched from Faslane Peace Camp to the north gate of Faslane Trident base. There they held a die-in to symbolically block the entrance of the base, and remember the thousands of people murdered 58 years ago, and those who are still suffering today from the effects of the bomb.

The main entrance to the base was blocked as a group of activists lay in front of the gate, and others painted red footprints onto the road. Nine people were arrested, mostly for Breach of the Peace, with two arrested for painting onto the road.

A spokesperson for Trident Ploughshares, TJ Hart, explained, "In any nuclear war, the majority of casualties are civilian, as seen in Hiroshima. 150,000 people died then, how many would die with today’s nuclear weapons that are 1000 times more deadly? It is impossible to imagine the scale of death and destruction that Trident would cause."

Today’s action follows the arrests last night of two Finnish Trident Ploughshares activists, who painted, "NO MORE HIROSHIMAS. DISARM" on the perimeter fence running parallel with the road outside Faslane naval base. One of the protestors involved with last night’s action is expected to appear in Helensburgh District Court this afternoon.

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