Arriving in the morning at the court I was finally able to get a decent photo. The judge with his white sash sitting just under the picture, the prosecutor (speaking) and you can just make out the blue uniforms of the 3…
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Day 3 -The Trial, Marabá, Pará, Brazil
3rd April 2013. People had gathered outside the court well before we arrived at 8.30. Two very large canopies had been put up by MST to shade the people with lots of white plastic chairs. The fence surrounding the court…
Day 2, University of Parà, Marabà
The RLA delegation gathered at the University of Parà for a press conference. Around 70 people attended. Leaders of MST and CPT outlined the situation in Parà, the threats and killings that had taken place, and highlighted the case of…
Brazil delegation: Day 1
1st April 2013 – Marabá I am here in Marabá, Pará, Brazil, on behalf of Trident Ploughshares as part of a 3 person Right Livelihood Award (RLA) delegation. We are here to express our solidarity with two other RLA laureates –…
Where are Lockheed Martin’s UK Offices?
On Monday 11th March, 2 years after the Fukushima nuclear power station disaster, a group of non- violent activists from the Muriel Lesters Trident Ploughshares affinity group, Kick Nuclear, Japanese…
Right Livelihood Award Laureates Solidarity Mission to Landless Workers in Brazil
Trident Ploughshares expresses sorrow and concern over the increasing number of people in the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement MST who are being violently murdered. MST was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1991. “The Right Livelihood Award honours and supports those offering…