trials

GM ruling win

Last edited 9 November 2004 at 9:00am
GM activists boarding the MV Etoile

GM activists boarding the MV Etoile

Thirteen Greenpeace volunteers who stopped a shipment of genetically modified (GM) crops from entering the UK have had a charge dropped against them.

The charges alleged that our volunteers endangered the safety of the MV Etoile when they stopped it docking at Bristol to unload a cargo of GM crops in June. However, South Wales Magistrates Court decided that there was not enough evidence for a crown jury to consider the charge.

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StopE$$o logo legal, French court rules

Posted by bex — 4 February 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
Stop Esso campaign logoGreenpeace hailed a Paris judge's ruling permitting the use of a parody of the Esso logo on its StopEsso website as a victory for freedom of expression on the internet, as well as for the climate.
Article tagged as: climate change, legal, stop esso, trials

Bush versus Greenpeace

Last edited 20 October 2003 at 8:00am
US activists intercepting a ship laden with illegally logged mahogany

US activists intercepting a ship laden with illegally logged mahogany

In a move unprecedented in its history, the US government has indicted an entire organisation - Greenpeace, Inc. - for the peaceful protest activities of its supporters. (Greenpeace Inc is the Greenpeace office in the USA).

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Sheffield trial: court report 4

Last edited 2 December 2002 at 9:00am
Sheffield incinerator - the worst incinerator in England

Sheffield incinerator - the worst incinerator in England

Monday 2nd December 2002
Right Honourable Judge Bentley
Mr Owen Davies QC
Mr Watson QC

His Honourable Judge Bentley directed the Jury that the defence of reasonable action to prevent a crime or to protect property could not be applied in this case and therefore there was no lawful excuse for the actions taken by the defendants. His reason for this ruling was that, at the time of the action, the incinerator was not working and therefore could not have been committing a crime or posing an imminent threat to property.

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Sheffield trial - court report 3

Last edited 29 November 2002 at 9:00am
Sheffield: local support

Sheffield: local support

Thursday 28th November
Right Honourable Judge Bentley
Mr Owen Davies QC
Mr Watson QC

Thursday's proceedings opened with the cross-examination of Rachel Murray by the prosecution.

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Civil liberties tried and tested

Last edited 17 April 2002 at 8:00am
17 April, 2002

Star Wars activists and independent journalists walk free

Four Greenpeace activists and two independent journalists who faced felony charges following a peaceful protest against the US Star Wars missile programme last July have walked free from court with varying probationary periods and one sentence of time served.(1)

Fifteen international activists and the two journalists originally faced double felony charges and up to six years in jail, but the felony charges were dropped in January when all 17 pled guilty to a misdemeanour offence of conspiracy to trespass. (2)

Article tagged as: arms race, press releases, star wars, star wars 17, trials, USA

Greenpeace Star Wars protestors sentenced

Last edited 21 January 2002 at 9:00am
21 January, 2002

Nine Greenpeace activists today walked free from court after pleading guilty to conspiring to trespass on a military base, during a peaceful protest against the Star Wars missile defence programme last July.

All nine were given one year probation. No fines were imposed, and all are free to return home. Each of the defendants presented powerful statements to the court prior to sentence, outlining their moral and legal objections to the programme in Los Angeles this morning.

Article tagged as: disarmament, nuclear, peace, press releases, star wars, star wars 17, trials

Lyng retrial court reports

Last edited 31 October 2001 at 9:00am
Greenpeace 28 on trial

Read all of the court reports from the Lyng retrial of the Greenpeace 28:






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GM trial summing up

Last edited 31 October 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

The summing up from the GM trial - Greenpeace 28

Download the report:
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Travel restrictions lifted for Greenpeace volunteers and freelance journalist

Last edited 16 October 2001 at 8:00am
16 October, 2001
Star Wars 17Two British volunteers and a British freelance journalist to return home before November Star Wars trial


A Judge ruled today that nine Greenpeace protestors and one freelance journalist, facing felony charges stemming from a peaceful protest against a missile defence test in California on July 14th, can travel home before returning to Los Angeles for trial currently set for November 20, 2001. The two British Greenpeace protestors, Bill Nandris from London and John Wills from Guernsey along with freelance journalist Steve Morgan from Somerset, had been previously restricted to the Central District of California along with six other defendants since July 14th.

Article tagged as: disarmament, peace, press releases, star wars, star wars 17, trials