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Star Wars 17

Last edited 5 October 2001 at 8:00am

Star Wars peaceful protest

The Star Wars 17 are 15 Greenpeace volunteers and two freelance journalists from the United States, UK, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Canada and India.

On 14 July they participated in - or in the case of the journalists, documented - a peaceful protest near Vandenberg Air Force Base, California against the United States' National Missile Defence Programme, Star Wars.

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Greenpeace vigil demonstrates support for "Star Wars 17"

Last edited 14 August 2001 at 8:00am

14 August, 2001

Seventeen people, three of whom are British Citizens, known as the 'Star Wars 17' were formally charged at a court hearing in the United States on Monday 13th August. Outside the US Embassy in London on the same day, seventeen people dressed in US prison clothing and handcuffed together, confronted the US authorities holding a "Stop Star Wars not Peaceful Protest" banner.

The 'Star Wars 17' face charges that carry sentences of up to six years in prison, following a peaceful Greenpeace protest which delayed a test of President Bush's Star Wars missile system in July(1).

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September 25th- The date is set to put Star Wars on trial

Last edited 14 August 2001 at 8:00am

14 August, 2001

Fifteen Greenpeace volunteers and two freelance journalists will go on trial in Los Angeles in just over a months' time. All seventeen are facing charges of conspiracy which could lead to jail terms of up to six years, after the delay in the Star wars missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Forcer Base in California.

The charges have been levelled against the 15 volunteers as well as the 2 journalists, even though the pair were simply documenting the peaceful protest. The trial date has been set for September 25th 2001.

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Greenpeace activists facing 11 years for Star Wars action

Last edited 18 July 2001 at 8:00am

Fifteen Greenpeace activists and two journalists are facing extremely serious charges after the Star Wars missile test was delayed on Saturday evening. The group faces jail terms of more than ten years if found guilty of conspiring to violate a safety zone and violating an order.

The activists, from the U.S, UK, Germany, India, Sweden, Australia, Spain and Canada, appeared at the federal Court in Los Angeles on Monday evening. The independent photographer and videographer were charged along side them.

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Trial of Edmonton 5 Court 3, Wood Green Crown Court, London N22 Day 6 -

Last edited 7 June 2001 at 8:00am

edmonton chimney

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Trial of Edmonton 5: Court 3, Wood Green Crown Court, London N22

Last edited 6 June 2001 at 8:00am

Greenpeace protesters outside the Edmonton incinerator

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GM on trial

Last edited 7 November 2000 at 9:00am

Publication date:

7 November, 2000

On 26 July 1999, 28 Greenpeace volunteers were arrested for their part in peacefully removing a crop of genetically modified (GM) maize. At the subsequent trial for criminal damage, the legal defence was that those involved had a 'lawful excuse' in removing the maize. This book brings together the statements submitted to the court by scientific experts, demonstrating that the defendants beliefs about the risks from GM were reasonable. The scientific case supporting their beliefs was never challenged by the prosecution, so these statements were never aired in court.

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GM on trial

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The summing up from the GM trial - Greenpeace 28

Last edited 11 August 2000 at 8:00am

Greenpeace 28 - verdict in

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Jury fails to convict Greenpeace volunteers fails in Lyng GM trial

Last edited 19 April 2000 at 8:00am

19 April, 2000

The Jury in the trial of the twenty-eight Greenpeace volunteers charged with criminal damage and theft at Norwich Crown Court has acquitted all the volunteers of theft and failed to reach a verdict on criminal damage.

The announcement, made today (19/4/00), means that the Crown Prosecution Service must now consider whether to seek a retrial. The volunteers had gone on trial on April 3rd on charges relating to a Greenpeace action at Lyng, Norfolk, on 26th July, 1999, where part of an experimental crop of genetically modified (GM) maize was cut down and sealed in bags as part of a campaign to prevent genetic contamination of the environment.

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Jury to retire to consider verdict in Greenpeace GM trial

Last edited 18 April 2000 at 8:00am

Greenpeace 28 on trial

The Jury in the trial of 28 Greenpeace volunteers charged with criminal damage and theft at Norwich Crown Court is expected to retire today to consider it