Today, 19th March, young protesters who tried to block explosives from leaving the factory
had their arm tubes hammered open causing severe shock and injuries.
2 of those 10 arrested have been hospitalised.
Image source at: http://www.jejusori.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=112734
Weekly appeal of 19th March 2012:
Stop blasting the Gureombi Rock. Stop the violation of human rights.
On March 15th 2012, Benjamin Monnet, a dedicated French peace activist who has been active in Gangjeong for 9 months now, was forcibly deported by the Korean Government. An injunction order was issued against him and he was deported within 24 hours despite a legal suite that had been filed immediately. Angie Zelter, a British nuclear disarmament activist and Trident Ploughshares founder was issued with an exit order for her involvement in the same struggle against the naval base despite charges against her that she has not been able to defend in the courts. Currently, there are three political prisoners against the Jeju naval base: Fr. Kim Jeong-Wook and Rev. Lee Jeong-Hoon (arrested on March 9) and Yang Yoon-Mo (arrested on Jan. 30). Yang Yoon-Mo arrested for obstructing a construction truck has been on a hunger strike for nearly 40 days now, and is experiencing heart problems.