Press Releases & Updates 1998

This morning at Dumbarton Sheriff Court, Ian Thomson was remanded to Greenock Prison until 23rd September following his arrest yesterday for damaging the fence at Coulport where UK nuclear warheads are stored and loaded onto Trident submarines. There are now seven Ploughshares political prisoners in UK jails, 5 women in Cornton Vale in Stirling and 2 men in Gateside in Greenock.

The British Government now faces international embarrassment as it’s embassies in Finland, the Netherlands, Australia and many other countries are lobbied for the release of Krista, Katri, Hanna and Jens. The UK has taken the lead in setting up the International Criminal Court and its imprisonment of those who have acted in support of the same International Laws tests its credibility to the limit, just as it’s claim to be genuinely engaged in the disarmament process is undermined by the launching of the forth Trident submarine, HMS Vengeance on September 19th in Barrow in Furness.

The prisoners on remand will appear in court as follows:

22 September Helensburgh District Court Angie Zelter, Jens Light (and Jens’ sister Anja)

23 September Dumbarton Sheriff Court Ian Thomson

29 September Helensburgh District Court Krista Van Velzen, Katri Silvonen, Hanna Jarviven and Helen John.

In spite of their incarceration the prisoners are all in good heart and anxious to continue the campaign from their cells. Katri (20) from Finland said: ’We have had great support here for our stance against Britains fearful disruptive weapons and our determination to uphold the law’

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