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Update Press release 3 april 2010 April 3, 2010 - Press release Despite the bad weather a thousand Bombspotters have gathered in Kleine Brogel today to denounce the illegal nuclear policy of the Belgian government. They responded to the appeal of Vredesactie and were not intimidated by the massive presence of police and military personnel, kilometers of barbed wire, several...

Now or never: get rid of nuclear weapons. April 3, 2010 - Press release - Vincent Today, one month before NPT Review Conference, Vredesactie is organising a Bombspotting action on the military base at Kleine Brogel, protesting the nuclear weapons that are stored there. This action is part of a European day of protest against nuclear weapons, during which demonstrations are staged at all the nuclear...

Press Release: European Days of Action against nuclear weapons. Actions for nuclear disarmament at nuclear weapon bases all over Europe April 1, 2010 - Press release During the Easter weekend peace organisations all over Europe are staging actions at nuclear weapon bases and command centers, as part of a European Day of Action against nuclear weapons. One month prior to the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference, peace movements in all the European countries with nuclear...

European Days of Action against nuclear weapons. Actions for nuclear disarmament all over Europe at nuclear weapon bases March 28, 2010 Around the Easter weekend all over Europe peace organisations stage actions at nuclear weapon bases and command centres, as part of a European day of action against nuclear weapons. One month prior to the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference, peace movements in all the European countries with nuclear...

Leading politicians advocate for nuclear disarmement SAY NO to nuclear weapons March 24, 2010

Bombspotters blockade UK nuclear weapon factory

February 16, 2010 February 15th in Aldermaston – on 3 April at all nuclear weapon bases in Europe!

Bombspotters defy militaries of air force base Kleine Brogel

February 5, 2010 On January 31st a group of anti-nuclear activists entered the air force base of Kleine Brogel in Belgium. They were astonished that for more than an hour they could walk undisturbed on the landing strip, through an open gate and up to the aircraft hangars where the nuclear weapons are stored. Only after one and a half...

Holy man is a Bombspotter *Start of a series of Bombspotting actions!*

December 10, 2009 Saint Nicolas (a local holy man, who comes around the 6th of December, gives presents to good children and punishes children who behaved badly by putting them in his bag) and four of his helpers entered the airforce base of Kleine Brogel on the 4th of December. They wanted to put the US nuclear weapons in their bag....

21 March 2009 NATO GAME OVER: peace activists close down NATO headquarters March 21, 2009 - Press release NATO GAME OVER 2009: PEACE ACTIVISTS CLOSE NATO HEADQUARTERS From all over Belgium, by bus, bike, taxi, public transport and even by walking, hundreds of activists came to NATO's headquarters in Evere, Brussels. They tried non-violently to enter the NATO terrain and seal gates, windows and doors. At the...

Vredesactie closes the Ministry of Defence Press Release Vredesactie - 14 november 2008

November 14, 2008 - Press release Belgium is at war. The country is involved in several military operations worldwide. The Belgian minister of Defence has dragged us into the war in Afghanistan and wants to engage the army more actively in military operations worldwide.That's why the peace movement Vredesactie has closed down the Ministry of...

International action day NATO GAME OVER March 22, 2008 - Press release Brussels - 5 years after the start of the Iraq war and 10 days before the Bucharest NATO summit, peace activists from all over Europe show that preventing war starts here in Europe. NATO agreements make European countries into logistical hubs for the US military. Through our ports, airports and highways the US war...

NATO summoned to change its nuclear policy November 24, 2006 - Press release Bombspotting and Greenpeace activists notify today at NATO a citizens summons to NATO secretary general De Hoop-Scheffer, asking to change NATO nuclear policy at the Riga Summit by withdrawing and dismantling of the nuclear weapons still deployed in European NATO members. This citizens summons concludes a month of...

Activists file legal complaints calling for removal and dismantlement of illegal US NATO nuclear weapons November 6, 2006 - Press release At local police stations all over Europe, anti-nuclear activists will today begin filing official complaints under international humanitarian law to bring governments before the court because of their role in NATO's illegal nuclear weapons strategy. In a joint Bombspotting and Greenpeace initiative the groups call for...

Nuclear weapons: 10 years illegal Bombspotters close 10 places in Belgium due to war crimes July 8, 2006 - Press release Today, 8th July 2006, is exactly 10 years since the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the highest court in the world, issued an advisory opinion on the question: “Are nuclear weapons in contravention of International Law?” For the past 10 years it has been clear that all existing nuclear weapons are...

Legal consequences for Bombspotter after an action at Belgian Foreign Ministry December 2, 2005 - Press release A political parody in which the Bombspotting anti-nuclear campaign replaced Karel De Gucht, Belgian Foreign Minister, with a temporary committee demanding that the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe be put on the agenda of the upcoming NATO summit has had unforseen legal consequences. Yesterday evening one...

Temporary Committee puts withdrawal of nuclear weapons on NATO agenda Foreign Minister De Gucht replaced for one day due to irrelevance November 25, 2005 - Press release Due to the fact that Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Karel De Gucht, has made himself irrelevant in the debate on nuclear weapons, he has been replaced today by a temporary committee, that has immediately placed the withdrawal of nuclear weapons, and the scrapping of nuclear weapons from NATO strategy, on the...

Nuclear weapons and Bombspotting: an update September 1, 2005 At the Belgian level the nuclear weapon campaign continues to bring some steps forward. There have been resolutions in the Belgian Senate and House of Representatives, asking for the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe. Our government remains completely unresponsive. Belgium did not even support the German...

500 Bombspotters arrested during massive citizens inspection of NATO nuclear weapons 500 international activists were arrested on 16th April after a thousand gathered in Belgium to carry out a "citizens nuclear weapons inspection". April 16, 2005 - Press release A massive police presence greeted the simultaneous actions at NATO HQ in Brussels, SHAPE (NATO military HQ) in Mons and Kleine Brogel airbase where 20 US nuclear weapons are stored. There was also an unannounced inspection of a NATO satellite base in Gooik, which is involved in communication between these...

'Everyone is a Bombspotter' is a success Almost one thousand complaints against nuclear weapons in Belgium November 27, 2004 - Press release On 27th November, hundreds of people across Belgium took part in the "Everyone is a Bombspotter" action, organised by Bomspotting and Forum voor Vredesactie. From Bruges and Diksmuide to Liege, and from Antwerpen via Brussels to Mons, in more than 50 towns and villages across the whole of the country people visited...

"Nuclear Weapons Can Seriously Damage Your Health" Doctors take action against nuclear weapons in Belgium November 10, 2004 - Press release 10th November 2004: Eleven doctors blocked the runway of Kleine Brogel Airforce Base this morning. They took this action to draw attention to the horrific effects of nuclear weapons. “To claim that nuclear weapons are not meant to be used is ridiculous and hypocritical. They have already been used, with one purpose:...

First "Bombspotting Small" action at the Kleine Brogel nuclear weapon base, Belgium October 11, 2004 - Press release 11th October 2004: Today, the first in a series of "Bombspotting small" actions took place at Kleine Brogel nuclear weapons base in the north east of Belgium. The action was carried out by representatives of Flemish NGOs such as Greenpeace, Oxfam Solidariteit, 11.11.11, BBL, and others, in order to show the broad...

Modernisation of storage places for nuclear weapons continues at Kleine Brogel, Belgium, despite the announcement of a withdrawal of US troops from Europe. September 12, 2004 - Press release The modernisation of the nuclear weapon storage vaults at Kleine Brogel and other NATO bases is beginning. On 30th July 2004, the US Air Force awarded a contract to Atlantic CommTech for part of this work. It seems from this award that the withdrawal of a large number of US troops from Europe is unlikely to have an...

International citizens weapon inspection team visits SHAPE October 25, 2003 - Press release Today, 25th October 2003, hundreds of citizens from across Belgium as well as Britain, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy carried out an inspection of SHAPE, the NATO military headquarters in Mons, Belgium. The inspection was organised by Forum for Peace Action, For Mother Earth and Bomspotting. Early this...

1117 arrests in Bombspotting anti-nuclear action October 6, 2002 - Press release According to the police 1117 non-violent activists were arrested and held on the NATO nuclear base of Kleine Brogel in the northeast of Belgium on Saturday October 5th 2002. An unconfirmed number of 10 B-61 US tactical nuclear bombs are deployed on the base.

Citizens prevent war crimes October 5, 2002 - Press release On Saturday October 5th Forum for Peace Action, For Mother Earth and Bomspotting organise a mass action at the NATO nuclear weapons base of Kleine Brogel. Bombspotting is not a demonstration but a non-violent action of civil disobedience.

1000 people file a complaint against storage of US nuclear weapons in Belgium National Complaint Day: 7th September September 7, 2002 - Press release Almost one thousand people, including many Members of parliament and local council members, filed a formal complaint against the illegal storage of nuclear weapons in Belgium.

BOMSPOTTING III: Bring nuclear weapons to court The biggest action on a nuclear weapons base in history of peace movement April 16, 2001 - Press release Kleine Brogel, 16 april 2001 - On Easter Monday 16 april a non-violent WAR CRIMES INSPECTION will be organised by Forum for Peace Action (Flemish branch of War Resisters International) and For Mother Earth. Some hundreds of activists will non-violently enter the nuclear weapons base of Kleine Brogel and try to inspect...

The Nuclear Horror Picture Show October 1, 2000 - Press release To mark the nuclear weapons Abolition Day, 1st October 2000, Forum Voor Vredesactie and Voor Moeder Aarde (For Mother Earth) invited photographers to join their citizens' war crimes inspection at Kleine Brogel, Belgium. The intention was to obtain photographic evidence of the presence of the NATO B-61 nuclear weapons...

Citizen War Crimes Inspection Team investigates nuclear war crimes committed by NATO Non-violent peace activists arrested. NATO war criminals remain free, for the time being. January 1, 2000 Brussels, July 8th, 1998 --- This afternoon, a delegation of peace activists and members of the European and Belgian Parliaments held a "Citizens War Crimes Inspection" of the NATO-Headquarters in Evere, Brussels. The mission of the inspection team was to inspect whether the Alliance is preparing nuclear war crimes....

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