Margie Pestorious and David Spriggs faced court on November 5 on charges relating to a protest at one of Boeing鈥檚 Magan-djin/Brisbane offices in January. Dozens of people showed their solidarity outside the court.
鈥淲e want to put Boeing on trial,鈥 spokesperson Andy Paine 麻豆传媒, adding聽that the two activists are pleading 鈥渘ot guilty鈥.
Pestorious :聽鈥淲e are on trial for acts of peace-making.
鈥淭his action occurred one week after South Africa made the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that this was a genocide.鈥
According to Pestorious, all states and corporations have an obligation to stop arming Israel in light of the ICJ ruling and that the activists are vindicated in targeting Boeing for its complicity in war crimes.
Paine said: 鈥淚t's incredible that after a year of watching the horrific atrocities committed by Israel in Palestine ... that in Australia there鈥檚 nothing, no charges against anybody involved in that.聽
鈥淵et, the people who are trying to peacefully, creatively, non-violently intervene in this process, they're the ones who are on trial.鈥
Counter terrorism police raided the homes and arrested some of those people who had taken part in the January protest.
Pestorious said 鈥渢he charges we're facing are 鈥榠ntent to commit an indictable offence鈥, and that indictable offence is 鈥榳ilful damage鈥, and that 鈥榳ilful damage鈥 is pasting pictures of dead children on a glass cabinet [at Boeing] that was filled with aircraft that had been built for war crimes鈥.
Four activists were charged. One will plead guilty and another will face trial at a later date.
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