Press Releases & Updates 1998

Today TP2000 disarmer Angie Zelter was released from custody without any bail conditions at a hearing in Dumbarton Sheriff Court after being wrongly accused of deliberately failing to appear in court in connection with an alleged offence relating to the removal of an MOD police boat used by herself and three other women to carry out a citizens’war crimes inspection of the illegal UK nuclear weapons bases at Coulport and Faslane.

Angie said: "I was upset at the accusation that I would dodge a court appearance. In line with the TP2000 philosophy I hold myself accountable for my actions. I will not resist arrest or fail to appear at hearings or trials. The court correspondence showed that I had requested and had been granted leave not to attend." Angie will now appear in court on the 29th September.

Activists who have come from all over the world to share in the 15 day intensive period of non-violent disarmament are stunned by the contrast between the splendid local scenery and the horror of the nuclear arsenal. Anke van Altena of Antwerp said: "Today I read about the nuclear leaks there have been at Faslane and Coulport. I was keen to swim in the beautiful waters of Loch Long but not now. It is tragic that this area and the whole country has been polluted physically and morally by these nightmare weapons." According to the government report there have been 33 reactor leaks from the submarines at Faslane and Coulport, which occurred during routine maintenance work.

To date 18 of the activists have been arrested and the surveillance of the camp and the campers by the MOD police is intense. MOD cars and vans pass the camp every fifteen minutes or so, there are constant water patrols and the camp telephone has been behaving strangely, especially at night.

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