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| The group blocks the NATO base while waiting for the Commander.
Photo: Ph. Somers. |
Belgium - 5 September: About 170 people joined a group of 30 writers for a literary walk around and on the nuclear NATO base of Kleine Brogel. 80 were arrested by the military as they entered the base during this citizens inspection of the Belgian NATO base.
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| The group blocks the NATO base while waiting for the Commander.
Photo: Ph. Somers. |
The authors joined the campaign of For Mother Earth and the Flemish section of War Resisters International to denounce illegal storage of weapons of mass-destruction. They expect Belgian initiatives for an international conference leading to a treaty banning all nuclear weapons. A new citizens inspection of the base is scheduled for October 1.
The campaign has been successful in receiving objective media coverage informing a growing part of the Belgian public about the secret and illegal deployment of 10 B-61 US nuclear warheads. Peace campaigners are also planning a series of non-violent Ploughshares disarmament actions invoking international law at the base of Kleine Brogel.
Contact: For Mother Earth/Voor Moeder Aarde vzw, Lange Steenstraat 16/d, 9000 Gent, Belgium; pol@motherearth.org
