5 sentenced for protesting Benning institution

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5 sentenced for protesting Benning institution
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 26, 2009 17:21:43 EST

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Five protesters have been ordered to spend 60 days in prison on federal trespassing charges after a rally in Georgia last November to demand the closing of the former School of the Americas.

Demonstrators blame the school, which trained generations of military officials, for human rights abuses in Latin America. They have rallied at Fort Benning every November for years against the school, currently known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

Eric LeCompte, with the group School of the Americas Watch, says an Episcopal priest from New York and a Roman Catholic nun from Ohio were among those sentenced Monday in federal court in Georgia. He says a sixth protester, age 68, was given six months of house arrest because of medical problems.


Article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_benning_protests_012609w/%2e



uhc comment: Here's the web site that tracks SOA/WHINSEC activities --> http://soaw.org/