Three U.S. Veterans Denied Entry into Jeju
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Please see attached a letter from Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. He is also an advisory committee member of the Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island. Last week, they raised money to send three U.S. Veterans for Peace to Jeju Island. Today they were denied entry.
Also today, the South Korean authorities detained and began the process of deporting two international nonviolent peace activists, Angie Zelter from the UK and Benjamin Monnet from France. Angie, who is has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize has been in Jeju for several weeks since she participated in the Global Network's peace conference. Benjamin was an active member of the international solidarity team and has been in Jeju since May working day in and day out to join the villagers in the fight to defend their land, their culture, their way of life.
These are crucial times. The blasts are continuing on Gureombi and will continue to do so for the next 150 days. We have to sustain our pressure on the South Korean government. Please take a moment to respond to Bruce Gagnon's plea to make calls to the Embassy. We also need help reaching the media to shine a bright light on the horrific actions of the South Korean government against its own people.
Thank you for your solidarity. It does make a difference. We can stop this base. We can stop this arms race. We can envision a peaceful future.
The Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island
Three VFP members denied entry to Jeju Island
We've just learned that the three Veterans For Peace members who arrived in Jeju Island, South Korea today were denied entry into the country.Tarak Kauff, Elliott Adams, and Mike Hastie were met by South Korean authorities when they landed on Jeju Island via Shanghai, China. The South Korean authorities had a photo of each of them in their hands and told them they would not be allowed to enter Jeju Island.
They were instead taken and put on a plane back to Shanghai. When they arrived in Shanghai they were told that they each had to pay $280 for the change in flight schedule. But Tarak told the Chinese that they had just been denied entry into South Korea because they were going to protest against a Navy base that was being aimed at China. When the Chinese authorities heard that they waived the $280 fee for each of them.
Tarak, Elliott and Mike are severely disappointed that they will not be able to stand with the people of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island. South Korean members of VFP were planning on flying from Seoul to Jeju Island to meet with the American VFP members.
This case though illustrates just how much the South Korean puppet regime fears the growing international movement to support the fight against the Navy base on Jeju Island. We know where the South Korean authorities got the photos of the three American veterans. They got them from the US military who is pressuring the South Korean government to build this base that will be used to port U.S. warships that will be used in Obama's military "pivot" into the Asia-Pacific region.
Just yesterday Angie Zelter (UK) and Benji Monnet (France) were deported from South Korea after being arrested for protesting against the Navy base.
Please help send a strong message to the South Korean government by calling and/or organizing a protest at the nearest South Korean embassy/consulate to your community. Also call the South Korean embassy in Washington DC 202-939-5692 or 202-939-5600 to lodge a strong complaint about them denying the three VFP members entry to Jeju Island.
Can there be an question that we are now living in a corporate dominated police state?
Please remember too that the South Korean corporation Samsung is the lead contractor building the Navy base on Jeju. Boycott Samsung!
Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
globalnet@mindspring.com
www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ (blog)
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