Press Releases & Updates 2004

David Heller (29), from Gent in Belgium, was sentenced to seven days at Dumbarton Sheriff Court. He told the sheriff that while the UK deployed illegal and immoral nuclear weapons he would not pay a £50 fine for an alleged breach of the peace at the blockade of Faslane in February 2002. It is not yet known which prison he has been sent to.

The aim of Monday’s blockade, which begins at 7 a.m., is to cause as much peaceful disruption as possible to the WMD site. This will be mainly achieved by people sitting and lying in the gateways to the base to stop worker traffic getting in, though other types of disruptive activity are also possible, including cutting through the security fencing.

The blockade, organised jointly by Scottish CND and Trident Ploughshares, will have an international character, with people coming from Finland, Sweden and Belgium, as well as from all over the UK. A number of members of the Scottish Parliament will attend, including Linda Fabiani, Robin Harper, Frances Curran, Patrick Harvie and Eleanor Scott, Mark Ruskell, Rosie Kane and Marilyn Glen, some of whom are likely to risk arrest. A group of Scottish clergy will hold a communion service at the north gate of the base at 9.30 a.m.

The recent series of blockades at Faslane, which have caused considerable disruption to the base and have led to nearly 1200 arrests, are well known for their peaceful, good-humoured and carnival atmosphere. The Blockade takes place during the Trident Ploughshares disarmament camp at Coulport which runs from 18th August to 1st September

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