Category - peace protest

Peace protesters successfully blockade Atomic Weapons Establishment

staff writers — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:36 +0000

Hundreds of peace demonstrators, including Christian groups and nonviolence activists, blockaded the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston yesterday, to protest Britain's weapons of mass destruction.

Anger at violent police arrest of peace protestor Brian Haw

staff writers — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:40:04 +0000

Supporters of Brian Haw, the Christian peace protestor whose long-running Westminster vigil against the Iraq war led to the government banning demonstrations in the vicinity, have expressed outrage at his arrest yesterday.

Turner Prize winning artist backs silenced peace campaigner

staff writers — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:11:20 +0000

To cheers at Tate Liverpool gallery, 48-year-old artist Mark Wallinger won the 2007 Turner Prize, the world's premier art award, and dedicated his win to campaigner Brian Haw, whose anti-Iraq war protest shaped his work 'State Britain'.

US church leader arrested outside White House on anti-Iraq war action

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:47:38 +0000

The president of the United Church of Christ in the USA has been arrested after trying to deliver to the White House a pastoral letter that contained 60,000 signatures calling for an end to the American-led military action in Iraq.