Press Releases & Updates 2000
3rd August 2000
Ten Arrests As Disarmers Apply Pressure
Eight Held in "Shift to Peace Work" Demo
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Today 10 Trident Ploughshares (TP) activists were arrested at Coulport
Armaments Depot on Loch Long, Scotland, where the 100 megaton warheads for
the UK’s Trident missiles are stored, bringing to 97 the number of arrests
at the TP disarmament camp.
Early in the morning a group of eight activists were held by MOD police
after sitting in the roadway at the main gate of the depot. They carried
placards which jointly spelled out the slogan, "Shift to Peace Work". They
were:
Joan Meredith (70), retired teacher of the deaf from Alnwick, Northumberland
Angie Zelter (49), from Norfolk, one of the "Trident Three"
Davida Higgin (73), from Norwich
Joy Mitchell (67), retired headteacher, Berwick
Peter Lanyon (67), retired teacher from Suffolk
Andrew Gray (32), a librarian from County Durham
Sylvia Boyes, from Manchester
Elle, (19), a student from Amsterdam
At midday, Zoe Weir (24), and Kreb Dragonrider (42), both from Faslane
Peace Camp, were arrested by the Coulport police. At midday Kreb helped Zoe
climb the depot’s perimeter fence at the shoreline. Zoe got several
hundred yards inside the base before being apprehended.
A Trident Ploughshares spokesperson said:
"We will continue to expose and confront this store for weapons of mass and
indiscriminate destruction. We are filled with a sense of shame every time
we see its ugly outline."
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