Idriss Boufayed is a prisoner of conscience incarcerated for planning a peaceful demonstration http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=399 Adriana Sarmiento Enriquez, 15, has been missing since 18 January. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=405 Continue reading AMNESTY ACTIONS: Idriss Boufayed & Sarmiento Enriquez
The Ministry of Defence and the solicitors for a group of Porton Down veterans, have reached a settlement with respect to participation in trials that took place during the Cold War. The trials were designed originally to demonstrate the deterrent capabilities in times of a threat from the use of chemical weapons. The MoD is to settle without admission of liability and pay a sum of £3 million. It also apologised to the group of veterans. Continue reading MOD: SETTLEMENT FOR PORTON DOWN VETERANS
The Armed Forces mental health statistics for the second quarter of 2007, published today, show that the number of personnel assessed and diagnosed with a mental disorder continued to remain low. The figures show that the numbers of active service personnel that were assessed with a mental disorder were 0.5% of the total Armed Forces population. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was reported as low – around 0.03% of the total Armed Forces population. Continue reading MOD: ARMED FORCES MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS 2007
"CND is proud to have the support of Mayor Ken Livingstone. Cities are the targets of nuclear weapons, and this is understood by the Mayor, as it is by hundreds of mayors across the world who, like Ken Livingstone, support the Mayor of Hiroshima’s campaign for a nuclear weapon free world." SOURCE : CND E-BULLETIN Continue reading CND PRESS RELEASE ON LIVINGSTONES ANTI-NUCLEAR SUPPORT
We invite you to participate in a lively demonstration against the development of nuclear weapons at Aldermaston and celebrate 50 years of anti-nuclear protest in Britain. This Easter marks the 50th anniversary of the first march to the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston – the heart of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme. CND is looking for peopleto surround the base and create effective demonstration. With parliament voting in March 2007 for a new fleet of nuclear armed submarines, and with the construction of facilities for a new generation of nuclear warheads already underway at Aldermaston, it’s time to send a clear message … Continue reading CND: EASTER MONDAY DEMONSTARION AT AWE ALDERMASTON
The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will travel to Paris on Friday, 1 February 2008. He will meet with President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister François Fillon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Kouchner and Minister of Defence Hervé Morin, as well as with members of the White Book Commission on Defence and National Security. He will also deliver a speech at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches internationales de Sciences-Po (CERI). Source: News (NATO) Continue reading NATO Secretary General to visit France
