Almost 100 peace-activists are arrested in Belgium. They wanted to block military transports by train but where arrested before they had chance to leave the meetingpoint. Their are 18 transports expected this weekend in Belgium.

With military equipment to go to Turkye.

The Minister of Internal Affairs orderd to the localgovernment to see that not one single train would be stopped or slowed down.


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TrainSTOPping in Belgium, this weekend.

"This weekend, peace-activists are planning to bring peace on the rail where trains with American military material pass.

The local government forbid people to be in a distance from less than 50 meters of the railway. Who comes nearer, will be arrested immediatlty

Two weeks ago, 11 activists were arrested beacuse they locked themselves to a train with American military material. They have to come for court on 11 march. Two of them are still in jail. The reason "there's no reason".

Thursday, they were brought over from a prison in Antwerp to a prison in Ghent. On friday, 50 poeple did hold a noise-demo outside the prison, they demanded the immediatly release of the two locked up activists.

Greenpeace blocked a American Boat in the port of Antwerp. All the activists involved and not from Europe where deported to their homeland.

Peace activists block US military transport
 http://belgium.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=49621&group=webcast

Expulsion from Belgium and Schengen bans for anti-war protestors
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