Forwarded from Christine Howes: MEDIA RELEASE Jabiluka Ploughshares released after 67 days jail Ciaron O'Reilly and Treena Lenthall were taken into custody at 1 pm on January 17 2000 to serve 67 days in prison for their disabling of uranium mining equipment at Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park. They are due to be released on the morning of Thursday March 23. In the early hours of Sunday morning, August 9 1998 (the 53rd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki) Ciaron and Treena carried out their nonviolent disarmament, pouring human blood and hammering on an excavator to disable it. At the time of their arrest the pair stated: "The nuclear weapon assembly line begins here at Jabiluka uranium mine, today we end it here with this nonviolent act of disarmament. The road from Jabiluka leads to Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Mururoa... With this act of disarmament we begin to prepare the way of the Lord - a path of nonviolent resistance towards justice and peace." They were arrested and charged with criminal damage. At their trial in the Darwin Magistrates Court they were found guilty and ordered to pay fines and restitution to Jabiluka mine owners Energy Resources of Australia to the amount of $6 673, which they refused to pay. They had already served more than 14 days in custody at the time of the trial as they were not offered bail after arrest, and so not have to serve a further 14 days under mandatory sentencing laws. Ciaron and Treena returned to the Northern Territory this January and blocked the entrance to Ranger uranium mine. There they were taken into custody to spend 67 days in prison for refusing to pay restitution for their 1998 disarmament witness. Ciaron and Treena will be released today, Thursday March 23 and will lead a vigil outside the Department of Mines and Energy in Raintree Park, Knuckey Street from 12.30. The vigil will highlight the progress made in stopping Jabiluka from going ahead and the continuation of resistancce to the nuclear cycle in all its forms. Ciaron and Treena will be available for interviews at the vigil between 12.30 and 2.30 pm. -- _________________________________ Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
