Bonhoeffer 4

Victory in court for Stop the Afghan War peace protestors – followed by nine more arrests

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 17/06/2010 - 4:30pm

Four peace protestors the “Bonhoeffer 4” who trespassed on and successfully shut down for a day, the secretive Swan Island military base on March 31st have had their charges dismissed by a Geelong Magistrate. Despite pleading guilty to trespass, the Magistrate chose to use a little known provision of the crimes act which allowed him to dismiss the charges altogether! Forty protestors soon after returned to the gates of the base for a further protest calling for Australian troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan and nine people who refused to move were arrested for hindering police.

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Geelong
Melbourne
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Feature
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Afghanistan
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Christian Activists enter restricted military area during live-fire exercises

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 13/07/2009 - 10:14pm

Four nonviolent Christian activists have entered the Shoalwater Bay Training Area this morning to stop the Talisman Saber exercises. Calling themselves the “Bonhoeffer 4” after Kevin Rudd’s favourite theologian, Margaret Pestorius (44, Social Worker, Cairns), Jarrod McKenna (28, School Peace Educator, Perth) Jessica Morrison (33, University lecturer, Melbourne) and Rev. Simon Moyle (32, Baptist Minister, Melbourne) are currently moving towards a live-fire area.

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Queensland
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Talisman Saber
Talisman Sabre
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