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Press Releases & Updates 2000

News index 2000

December

30th	UK Citizen to be Deported after Action at Netherlands Nuclear Weapon Base
21st	Tommy Sheridan Released Tomorrow
18th	Trident Three Member Arrested
12th	Tommy Sheridan Heads for Jail on Sunday Night
6th	Activist Found Not Guilty and Then Sent to Jail
4th	Court Veto on Peace Activists’ Defence
3rd	Trident Ploughshares Conspiracy Trial

November

28th	Pensioner Jailed for Anti-Trident Action
26th	Helping To Disarm Weapons Of Mass Destruction
21st	Veteran Peace Campaigner Threatened with Jail
19th	Trident Convoy Halted Twice
17th	Call to Trident Judges to Face the Obvious
16th	Maytime Disarmer Challenges High Court to Declare Trident Illegal
15th	Britain Must Obey International Law on Trident
14th	Scottish Parliament Member Threatened with Jail
14th	Scottish High Court Told UK Nuclear Threat is Real
13th	Surprise Faslane Peace Camp Blockade
12th	East Anglians Arrested in Remembrance Day Action at Nuclear Weapons Factory
11th	Remberance Day Actions Challenge Both Ends Of The Nuclear Chain
8th	Tommy Sheridan on Trial As Trident Review Restarts
6th	Another Trident Ploughshares Activist Jailed
5th	Trident Ploughshares Activists Return To Aldermaston
3rd	Catholics Convert Convoy

October

25th	Women skip court to do an action
25th	Dutch Activist Sent To Prison
23rd	Activist to Appeal Guilty Verdict and Heavy Fine
13th	Historic Nuclear Weapons Case Adjourned
12th	Trident Illegal, Claims QC
11th	Scottish High Court Hears that Trident is a Crime
10th	’Trident Three’ Member Tells High Court Trident is Illegal
9th	High Court Trident Hearing Begins
4th	Local Court Seizing Up Under Pressure From Peace Activists
4th	Seven Arrests At Nuclear Weapons Base

September

29th	High Court All at Sea Over Trident Three Review
28th	Key Preliminary Hearing Tomorrow For Review of Trident Three Ruling
20th	Trident Jury Hung On Second Charge
19th	Trident disarmers Not Guilty on One Charge
18th	The Jury is (Nearly!) Out - Verdict Tomorrow
15th	Trident: an ever present threat
14th	AWTT Trial - Day Three
14th	We cut down the UK nuclear threat by one quarter" protester claims
13th	Court Issues Warrant to Arrest Tommy Sheridan
13th	AWTT Trial - Day Two
13th	Scottish Magistrate Refuses To Wait on High Court
13th	Trident Trasher inspired by Hawks action
12th	LAR Hearing at Edinburgh High Court
11th	Trial of Zoe Weir and David Heller for Fence Cutting action 18th Aug 1999
11th	AWTT Trial - Day One
4th	Anger at Massive Fine for Peace Activist
1st	Support for arrested councillors

August

30th	More Confusion at Helensburgh District Court
30th	Another Bizarre Day In Helensburgh District Court
26th	Support for Rosie and Rachel on Trial, 11th September 2000
23rd	TP Pledger Marjan Willemsen Acquitted
16th	Ploughshares Activist Remanded
14th	Biased Police Are Ignoring Crime, Say Activists
14th	They Think It’s All Over...
11th	Ploughshares Activist Given "Stay Away" Bail Conditions as Court System Creaks
10th	Eleven Arrests in Nagasaki Day Actions at Nuke Bases
9th	Sea Activists Penetrate Nuke Base
8th	Pressure for Nuclear Disarmament Intensifies at Coulport
7th	Pressure For Nuclear Disarmament Continues at Faslane
4th	Ploughshares Activists Block Gate to Warhead Depot
3rd	Ten Arrests As Disarmers Apply Pressure
2nd	83 Arrested yesterday on First Day of Ploughshares August Campaign
2nd	Trident Ploughshares Activist Jailed
1st	Ploughshares Blockade Opens Disarmament Fortnight

July

23rd	Ploughshares Challenge to Civil Police as Blockade Looms
20th	Ploughshares To Blockade Faslane Again
10th	Knee-Jerk Magistrate Accused of Contempt

June

27th	Ploughshares Activist Jailed
23rd	"Time To Re-Consider Nuclear Crime"
22nd	Four Hundred Miles For Peace
19th	Activists Breach Security At UK Star Wars Base

May

31st	Case Against Protester Not Proven
22nd	46 Arrests in Blockade of Nuclear Bomb Factory
21st	Member of “Trident Three” Among First Arrests at Aldermaston Camp
20th	Music ensemble at gates of Aldermaston
19th	Activists Want To Meet MP Martin Salter
18th	MOD Half-truths to Workers about Trident Ploughshares
17th	Trident Ploughshares Set up Camp at AWE Aldermaston
11th	Ploughshares Activists To Confront Aldermaston
10th	Determined Activists Return To Faslane
10th	Legal Challenge to Trident Warhead Production
9th	Tommy Sheridan To Appear In Court Tomorrow
8th	Tommy Sheridan Pleads Not Guilty To Trident Charge
5th	Peace Activist Faces Jail Rather Than Pay for Damage to Nuke Base

April

4th	Government and Judges Join Forces to Stifle Debate on Illegal Nuclear Weapons

March

31st	Ploughshares Activists and Lord Advocate Take Trident To High Court
13th	JP Finds Peace Activists Not Guilty
3rd	Midlanders Found Guilty at Newbury

February

17th	Magistrate hears expert witnesses in Aldermaston trial. Verdict Expected 3rd March
14th	185 Arrests At Faslane
10th	Green MEP to Claim Parliamentary Privilege if Arrested in Nuclear Base Blockade
7th	300 Activists Prepare to Disrupt Trident
2nd	Sheriff Questions Legal Aid Ruling And Frees Peace Activist
1st	Peace Activists to Blockade Faslane on St. Valentines’s Day

January

31st	Minor Ploughshares Case Still Unresolved After 14 Months
28th	Lancaster Judge discharges jury and orders a retrial
25th	Prosecution claim damage of �110,000 to HMS Vengeance
25th	JP Rejects Devolution Plea Without Explanation
24th	Lord Advocate Refers Greenock Ruling
21st	Vera Baird to Represent Trident Trashers
11th	Trial Of Trident Ploughshares Disarmers Begins In Lancaster Crown Court On 24th January

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