[PAA-Discuss] Activists Face Six Months in Prison, Federal Trial in Georgia

[Juli3 at aol.com]

On Tue, 1/4/11, SOA Watch  <info at soaw.org> wrote: 

From: SOA Watch  <info at soaw.org>
Subject: Activists Face Six Months in Prison,  Federal Trial in Georgia
To: surfersanta at yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday,  January 4, 2011, 2:35 PM     
     
 

Tomorrow, on  January 5, 2011, SOA Watch activists Nancy Smith from New  
York and Chris Spicer from Illinois will appear in federal  court in Columbus, 
Georgia to stand trial for crossing the  line during the 2010 November 
vigil to close the School of  the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere 
Institute for  Security Cooperation). The two carried the  protest against the 
SOA atrocities onto the Fort Benning  military base and now face up to six 
months in federal  prison for their courageous act of nonviolent civil  
disobedience. Nancy and Chris will use the courtroom to put  the SOA itself on 
trial and to take a stand against the SOA,  torture, militarization and 
oppressive U.S. foreign policy  in Latin America.

The presiding judge, Stephen  Hyles, sentenced two other human rights 
advocates last  November to the maximum allowed prison sentence for the same  
action. Father Louis Vitale and David Omondi, who also  crossed onto the base 
during the November vigil are each  currently serving six months prison  
sentences.

Please _write to our Prisoners of Conscience_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xNl0smKdV0sBOviCEsDDArb89xu4NqMt)  David  and 
Father Louis and send Nancy and Chris good thoughts,  strength, courage and 
love as they speak truth to power in  the Georgia Middle District Court 
tomorrow.

Download  the _SOA Watch Media Release_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GReeoWkTt39e51dhlBK+Irb89xu4NqMt)  about the  January 
5, 2011 trial.


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