Overview
- Police made 13 arrests after Tuesday's dawn blockade that used “locking on” as protesters chained to a car, a large peace symbol, and each other shut multiple gates for hours and triggered road closures.
- Seven people have now been charged with locking-on offenses or related counts, were bailed, and are due at Ipswich Magistrates' Court on June 12.
- Organisers say more blockades are planned to challenge what they allege are nuclear bomb arrivals and flights to the Middle East, claims that have not been independently confirmed.
- The Ministry of Defence says US forces use British bases only with case-by-case approval for specific defensive operations.
- Over the weekend, seven others were held on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action, which remains proscribed while a government appeal proceeds despite a February court ruling that questioned the ban.