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Waihopai Case: Crown Will Not Appeal Verdict
The Solicitor-General has concluded that the Crown cannot appeal the jury’s verdicts acquitting the three persons accused of causing intentional damage to the Waihopai satellite dish cover. More>>
John Minto: Domebusters Provide Better Security Than The SAS
It’s disappointing that despite the events of last week most New Zealanders wouldn’t know of Katharine Gun... Gun worked for the British equivalent of our GCSB (Government Communications Security Bureau) and in early 2003 she leaked a memo showing how the network of spybases, of which Waihopai is a part, was being used to build pressure for the war on Iraq and undermine opposition to US plans from other UN security council members. More>>
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Gordon Campbell:
The Waihopai Three
Acquittal (and East Jerusalem)
The acquittal of the Waihopai Three for their attack on the Waihopai spy base is as welcome as it is surprising. To succeed in court, one would have thought they would need to have proved a direct connection between the base near Blenheim and the war atrocities inside Iraq and/or the renditions occurring elsewhere – possible, but no simple matter – and moreover, that the property damage done was more than a symbolic act i.e. that the actions taken by the protesters went some way towards preventing, or mitigating the evil being committed.
While no one knows what goes on in the hearts of jurors, the motive behind the decision to acquit is likely to have been based on social grounds, as much as on points of law... More>>
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- 2008 Image Ploughshares - Ploughshares Penetrate Waihopai Base Deflate Dome
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Ploughshares Trial - The Defence Case
- NetLaw Link - 'Claim of Right' defence
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Ploughshares Trio Acquitted On Charges
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Ploughshares Trial - Day 7
- Solicitor General - Solicitor-General’s Waihopai Press Statement
- Greens - Waihopai acquittal a victory for peace movement
- Anti-Bases Campaign - Real Waihopai Criminals Should Be Prosecuted
- Peace Movement Aotearoa - Waihopai Ploughshares trial helped uncover secrets
- Global Peace And Justice Auckland - Congratulations to intrepid ploughshares activists
- Right To Life NZ Inc - Right To Life: Waihopai Protesters Acquittal
- Community Gaming Association - TV3 host comments totally irresponsible
- SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists - Waihopai Verdict—Jail the Judge and Jury!
- Kiwipolitico Out-Link - Political Idealism trumps the Law.
- TV3 Video - Waihopai trial: no precedent from acquittal - law expert
- TV3 Video - Spy base protesters walk free
- TV3 Video - Waihopai spy base trial - protestors not guilty
- TV3 Video - Waihopai trial drawing to close
Waihopai Three Trial Focuses Peace Activists
The scene in the packed public gallery of Wellington District Court resembled an anti-war rally yesterday, with friends and supporters of three Christian peace activists facing charges for deflating a radar dome at the Waihopai monitoring station in 2008 ... More >>
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- Bryan Law - Bryan Law: Waihopai Ploughshares Trial - Day 5
- Indymedia - Waihopai Trial - Day Four
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Trial: Day Three
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Trial: Day Two
- Bryan Law - Waihopai Trial: Day One
- Peace Movement Aotearoa - Waihopai Ploughshares Trial: Events Calendar
- Kiwiblog Out-Link - Introducing Bryan Law
- TV3 News - Waihopai spy base accused enter day two of trial - Waihopai accused say vandalism 'saved lives' - Peace activists gather at Waihopai Spy Base trial
- Gordon Campbell - Waihopai and the Troublesome Priest
- Ploughshares - Ploughshares Penetrate Waihopai Base Deflate Dome
- The Dim-Post Out-Link - Violent Bible Book Should be Banned
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