Category: About Lakenheath
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200 protesters gather at Lakenheath USA Air Force Base in East Anglia
6th October 2002. 200 peace activists have gathered at Lakenheath airbase today in the biggest demonstration at the base since the 1980s. A number of those attending have vowed to take non-violent direct action in order to disrupt the base. This week, people around the world are taking part in Abolition Days, calling for disarmament…
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Six Arrested as Lakenheath Shut Down
3rd February 2003. RAF Lakenheath has been closed in an act of peaceful protest against war. Six peace activists from Cambridge blockaded the back entrance to the base; they have all been arrested and are being taken to Mildenhall police station. The six succeeded in severely restricting access to the base for almost an hour.…
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Cluster Bomb Action – The Lakenheath 8
On 2 October 2006, eight protesters (Emma Bateman, Irene Willis, Lesley Anderson, Melanie Harrison, Leslie Grahame, Margaret Moss, Peter Lux, and Richard Rushmer) cut through the fence and ‘locked on’ to the munitions dump with the cluster bombs.
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