29 SOA Watch activists report to federal prisons today

[unhappycamper]

Those Headed to Prison, including 81-year-old WWII Veteran, Will Serve Time for Opposition to School of the Americas

On April 11th, twenty nine SOA Watch human rights advocates from around the United States reported to federal prisons to begin serving sentences of one to six months for their acts of nonviolent civil disobedience opposing the controversial U.S. Army's School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC). The 29 - ranging in age from 19 to 81 - are among 37 people arrested at Fort Benning last November and later sentenced in a federal court. They join four others already serving prison time for the same action.

During the last week of January, 33 human rights activists were sentenced to between one and six months of incarceration during trials in Columbus, Georgia for SOA Watch activists from around the country; one person was sentenced to probation. Arrested in November for nonviolent resistance actions against the School of the Americas, each person faced up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine for this act of nonviolent civil disobedience. Read Wednesday, February 1's press release for more information.

http://www.soaw.org/new/

[Trevelyan]

1. K&R God Bless these people who really stand up against the torture

SOA is the Orwellian named School of the Americas - the name has been officially changed but many people know what SOA still does. It is the CIA's school to teach torture to our agents and for them to teach people in Central and South American these war crimes.