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conference. on November 27th. Will be looking at Register No non/ 33fc 001-14018 "THE power you are using is supporting nuclear weapons. It supports binding women's voices, binding our minds and bodies in prison so that our voices cannot be heard. So our warning of death is being repressea But we cannot be silen ced and I cannot be bound or bound over. Take responsibility for life, for your life, for all our lives... I am asking you to keep the peace. We are not on trial today, you are."

In these words to the magistrate, Katrina Howse stated the case of the 23 women from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp who last week were jailed for 14 days.

They _were sentenced at Newbury magistrate's court for refusing to be bound over to keep the peace.

Other women WeIe allowed to go free after agreeing to be bound over for one year for the sum of £100. The Charge was "breach of the peace' Eleven of the women nad occupied a security box at the main gate of Greenham Common USAF base in a protest last August. 96 Cruise missies are scheduled to arrive at Greenham in December of next year.

The case of these eleven came up on Monday 15th, and the day began at 10am with about 100 people being shut out of the courtroom.

Even after an extra IOW of chairs had been brøught in, many people, including some who had travelled from as far away as America and Belgium, were still unablé to get in.

In their defence, the women and their witnesses showed that the policy of the •camp is one of nonviolent action.

Their action was designed to prevente a 'breach of the Peace' from occurring -because if Cruise missiles are sited at Greenham Common this will make the base and the surrounding area a prime target for nuclear attack.

The presiding magistrate then asked each of _the women to agree to be bound over to keep the peace for one year for the sum of £100.

Each woman made a powerful statement as to why she felt she could not agree to this.

One woman said that at at Please hil in a Name the moment there is no peace and that she lived under the constant fear of nuclear war. She could not agree to something which does not exist.

On Tuesday 16th, seven women, who had sat down on the road outside the security box and refused to move, were brought before the magistrate.

These women were again found "guilty" by the court and six of them were given 14 day sentences. • The seventh woman agreed to be bound over, saying "I am elighted to keep the peac That's exactly what I has been doing for the past 14 months."

A "further ten women appeared court on Wednesday 17th for their part in the "sewage pipe action" on October 5.

The sewage pipes were. laid as part of improvements being made to the base in order that a further 1,300 US servicemen can be accommodated.

Women from the Peace Camp interrupted this work sy lying down the trenches and in front of the JCB digger.

Half of the women are now serving their sentence in Maidstone Borstal, despite the fact that none of them are under age. The remaining women are at Stafford open prison.

Over 40 Labour MPs have signed a motion calling for a debate in Parliament as to why these women have been sent to prison.

In the meantime numbers at the Peace Camp are quite low and we would welcome extra support. Newbury District Council are proposing a change in the common land by-laws in an effort to remove the Peace Camp from outside the air base.

These proposals have to be approved by the Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment.

Please write to your MP urging her/him to bring this matter up in Parliament and to oppose the plans. Letters protest to Newbury District Council (or petitions) would also be useful.

Demonstration of support - Sunday November 28, 1pm outside Maidstone Prison.

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