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REFUSING TO
KILL
CAMPAIGNING WITH MILITARY
REFUSERS, WHISTLEBLOWERS & PRISONERS
Nov/Dec
2014
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Follow the links and
visit our website refusingtokill.net for more
information. Do write to refusers, whistleblowers and prisoners - your letters
will keep them going! Send us your news and circulate this
newsletter to help build a stronger international network of
refusal.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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LONDON THUR 27
November -
film showing of “The
Whistleblower”, organized by The Whistler at 6pm that
day.
Based on the true story
of Kathry Bolkovac (pictured), a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia who unveils
corruption and cover-up amidst a world of UN contingents, private contractors,
and diplomatic doubletalk.
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INTERNATIONAL WED 17
December - celebrate Chelsea Manning's
birthday! So far, events planned in Berlin, Boston, Istanbul, London,
Philadelphia, San Francisco and Venice. Over 50 musicians,
actors & Nobel
laureates signed a statement supporting whistleblowers. Sign &
circulate the Amnesty International petition demanding
Chelsea's pardon.
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Don’t miss the film "Kill the
Messenger”,
the story of Gary
Webb
who, in 1996, a reporter on a small newspaper who blew the whistle on a CIA drug
operation in South Central Los Angeles aimed at undermining the Black movement
and funding murder and destabilization in Nicaragua through arming the Contras.
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LONDON ongoing - Support Julian Assange,
the Wikileaks founder. Join the vigil at the Ecuadorian embassy in London: Tue, Wed,
Thu 4 -6pm and Sat 5.30 – 6.30pm
CAMPAIGNING NEWS
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Derrick Stanley & others of the Dallas 6 |
US 10 November - Dallas 6, US prisoners who blew the whistle on torture inside, won a "continuance" giving them time to prepare their defense. New trial date 17 Feb 2015. Shandre Delaney, mother of Carrington Keys of the Dallas 6 and coordinator of the campaign, attended court with two dozen supporters. |
Shandre Delaney |
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US, Benton Harbor 3 November
- Grassroots
leader Reverend
Edward Pinkney was convicted of five felony counts of
election law violation by an all-white jury even though there was no
supporting evidence. Benton Harbor is 96% Black. Sentencing will be on 15
Dec.
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TURKEY 5
November -
Ali Fikri
Işık, 56, a conscientious objector who has refused to serve in the
Turkish army for over 30 years, was sentenced to 25 months in prison or a £4,000
fine. He is appealing the sentence.
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TACOMA, USA – Migrants staged a third hunger strike in
the North West Detention Centre to denounce expensive/unhealthy food and
exploitation (working for $1/day). They have also joined the movement to press
President
Obama to stop deportation.
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GERMANY 11
November
– The European
Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General gave a favourable opinion on the case of
Andre
Shepherd, a US soldier who left
his unit in 2008 during leave in Germany where he requested asylum. If the ECJ
gives him the right to asylum, it will set an important precedent. Ruling
expected early 2015.
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UK 9
November -
Veterans for Peace UK and their supporters commemorated Remembrance Sunday
at the Cenotaph, demanding “justice for all those affected by war”.
They wore a quote on their jumpers from WW1 vet Harry Patch “War
is organised murder, and nothing else".
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ISRAEL - Conscientious
objector Omar
Sa’ad, 18, Druze citizen of Israel and musician, was jailed 6 times.
He was released from military service in June following an international
campaign. He has just finished touring the UK with his string quartet. Druze refusal has
been growing steadily.
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Uriel
Ferera
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Uriel Ferera, 19,
from an Orthodox Jewish family has, so far, been imprisoned nine times for
advocating peace. He was abused for refusing to wear military uniform in
prison. Udi Segal, 19, was
imprisoned for the fifth time on 30 Oct. for his refusal to enlist, and for part
of that time was on hunger strike.
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Udi Segal
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