BAe Easter Action

Just before midnight on Easter Sunday 12 peace protesters, including three East Timorese victims of genocide, entered the British Aerospace factory at Warton. Calling upon the government and British Aerospace to choose life over death they held a Christian liturgy and planted seeds in a symbolic gesture of hope for the end of arms sales to Indonesia. All twelve were arrested.

The following day a mass liturgy was held outside the gates of the British Aerospace factory. As soon as it was over those who had been arrested the previous night were released without charge.

The ongoing trial of six East Timorese exiles and three Britons who followed a similar line of civil disobedience last November has been postponed while the company do everything in their power to stop high ranking BAe witnesses being called to give evidence for the defence.