Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Yeo-ok Yang and Jungmin Choi, activists of World Without War, and Reverend Bora Im of Hyanglin Church were put into prison on May 20.
They were sentenced to pay a fine of two million won each (approximately 2,000 USD) for taking a direct action to block the construction of Jeju Naval Base, which had been illegally undertaken without an agreement with local residents…visit War Resisters’ International website to read more.
Tomorrow at 2:15pm there will be a reconstruction of the 1916 tribunal of a Liverpool conscientious objector, organised by the Liverpool Quakers at the Liverpool Maritime Museum (in the Lecture Theatre on the 4th floor).
Members of the audience will have the opportunity to be involved if you wish.
This follows on from Constructing Conchies, a lecture about the men who refused to fight in the First World War, the reasons behind their decision and the consequences it had for them. This begins at 1pm, also in the Lecture Theatre (4th floor).
Join us May 16th 4 – 9pm to “Celebrate the Peacemakers” and all those who dedicate their lives to stopping wars. An evening of peace books, poetry and art with paper crane making – News from Nowhere, 96 Bold St., Liverpool
Thursday 15th May will mark Internation Conscientious Objectors’ Day. Merseyside C.N.D. will join together with Liverpool Quakers to commemorate the moral stance taken by all those who refused to fight in wars. We’ll be handing out white Peace Poppies and leaflets from 11am – 3pm outside the Bluecoat on School Lane.
