Press Releases & Updates 1998

As Trident Plougshares Activists intensify their struggle to disarm Britain’s illegal Trident nuclear weapons system, fourteen disarmers have been arrested in separate actions. The actions are part of the initial 15 days of the campaign, in which 97 persons have pledged to peacefully and accountably uphold International Law.

At 4.45 a.m. a group of five English campaigners, including two young women students and a retired teacher, attempted to cut their way into the Faslane Naval Base. They were immediately arrested, charged with Malicious Mischief. One of them, Angie Zelter, who was heading for the Trident submarines in an attempt to dismantle them, said: "We will be back". While the four others have been released and will appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on the 26th August, Angie is being held on the grounds that she failed to appear in court in connection with another alleged offence.

At 8 a.m., while participating in a vigil at the main gate of the Coulport base, four U.K. activists were arrested for blocking the traffic and have been charged with Breach of the Peace. They have since been released and are due to appear in court on the 19th August.

At 12.30 p.m. eight committed Christians, Catholics, Episcopalian and Presbyterians, gathered to cleanse the base ritually from the polluting effect of the horrendous weapons within. This they did by pouring floods of multi-coloured but environmentally-friendly detergent in at the gate and by ringing a bell to exorcise the evil. This lead to three arrests for Breach of the Peace.

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