On April 24th, 2014 one small nation took a stand against the nuclear weapon giants The Islands were the site of US nuclear tests for 12 years after WWII The small Oceanic Marshall Islands is to launch an unprecedented round of lawsuits against nine nations with nuclear arms, including the US, to demand that they meet their obligations to disarm. The Pacific nation was the site of 67 US nuclear tests for 12 years following the end…
Briefing and leaflets for this event now available at the bottom of this page - to read, download or print in Pdf Saturday 8th February 2014 at noon. Crimestoppers! You have a right to report a crime. It is a crime to threaten mass murder. It is a crime to prepare for mass murder. Trident is the crime. Reporting the Crime. We will gather outside Reading Police Station, Castle Street, Reading, RG1 7TH, at noon…
From the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, to which the UK is a signatory - the very first article of the treaty….. NPT Article I: Each nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty undertakes not to transfer to any recipient whatsoever nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or control over such weapons or explosive devices directly, or indirectly; and not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce any non-nuclear-weapon State to manufacture or otherwise acquire…
Below is the text, as prepared, of a speech given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Monterey Institute of International Studies on January 18, 2013. “ADVANCING THE DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION AGENDA: SEEKING PEACE IN AN OVER-ARMED WORLD” President Sunder Ramaswamy, Dr. William Potter, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. I thank President Sunder Ramaswamy for hosting. I also want to recognize Dr. William Potter, Director of the…
NUCLEAR WEAPONS MEAN WAR CRIMES INLAP/World Court Project invites all of you to take part in the Affirmation of Criminality of Nuclear Weapons (CNW) project. This goes to the heart of the matter by linking international law with our human values. Individuals or groups can sign an Affirmation rejecting any use of nuclear weapons because this would be a war crime. There is additional information on www.nuclearweapons-warcrimes.org/ where Affirmations can be signed online. You can find an information sheet…
Angie Zelter 18/8/12 It is pretty obvious to any sane person that threatening mass destruction by relying on a nuclear ‘defence’ policy by either possessing and deploying nuclear weapons or being part of a military alliance relying on nuclear weapons (like NATO) must be illegal as well as being immoral. And, you will be glad to know, that threatening to use a weapon that, even if used precisely against a purely military target, will have…
“Spending £100 billion on replacing Trident is a catastrophic folly. I’m sure I am one of many who support the those, like Action-AWE, who campaign actively and imaginatively against it”
– Ken Loach
WORLD IN CHAIINS
TRIDENT ON TRIAL
Nuclear weapons crime in the UK has been reported to Thames Valley Police.