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Media Release:  Secret SAS training centre occupied by four Christians from “Christians Against All Terrorism”

Monday 30th November, 2020, 6am

Four anti-war activists from “Christians Against ALL Terrorism” are on Swan Island, protesting and shining a light on the secretive spy and SAS training base, just one hour west of Melbourne.

UPDATE! Four Christians have been arrested by Vic Police and have been removed from the SAS Training base after disrupting the ongoing SAS training there this morning. [See live video on the Wage Peace Facebook page] Summary now on youtube,  They have called to #AbolishtheSAS and to #StopTrainingKillers

Peter Murnane a Dominican Priest, Shane Anderson, Jim Dowling and Greg Rolles have accessed the base early this morning.

“We act to draw attention to terrible war crimes, and to help bring them to an end.” Murnane said. “There needs to be an independent enquiry conducted by a body not connected to the military, and we need to immediately disband the SAS. The Brereton enquiry has shown us that the SAS has committed horrendous war crimes. The SAS stoops to waging the worst forms of warfare.”

In 2014, four Christian peace activists were tortured on Swan Island by members of the Swan Island Army Detachment (which includes the SAS).

“As Christians working for peace, we have come back here to remind the SAS of the crimes they committed, of violence and torture towards four men who were nonviolently demonstrating.” Murnane said. “It is love that is basic to humanity, not violence of any kind, whether domestic or international.”

Greg Rolles, 39, was one of those brutally assaulted by the SAS in October 2014 “Love must actively resist violence. Only by this can we heal the victims of war, or heal the soldiers trained to commit this brutality, to heal our earth, and heal our world.” Rolles said.

The Brereton Report has highlighted 39 horrendous war crimes committed by SAS personnel, many of whom have most likely trained at Swan Island military base, right here in Victoria. It is not enough that these 39 war crimes be internally investigated, the SAS needs to be disbanded immediately.

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‘Power and pain’: an Australian citizens’ encounter with the SAS

Kieran Finnane Pearls and Irritations 26 November 2020

‘Power and pain’: an Australian citizens’ encounter with the SAS

Three anti-war protesters sue Defence Force over alleged assault during protest

Emily Moulton News.com.au 30 September, 2015
Greg Rolles from the Swan Island Peace Convergence group has launched legal action against the Australian Defence Force claiming he was ‘threatened with anal rape’ by an unidentified officer. Picture: Nathan Dyer Source: News Corp Australia
Greg Rolles from the Swan Island Peace Convergence group has launched legal action against the Australian Defence Force claiming he was ‘threatened with anal rape’ by an unidentified officer. Picture: Nathan Dyer Source: News Corp Australia

Scott asks about Secret SAS squad investigated for alleged rape and drowning threats

Senate Estimates 23 October, 2014

Scott Ludlam asks about the existence of a secret SAS 4 Squadron and the alleged capture of peace activists at Swan Island using brutal force such as having their clothes ripped off, their heads covered in hessian bags, their hands and feet bound with cable ties and threats of rape and drowning. (Senate Estimates)
Then Senator Scott Ludlam grills Lieutenant General David Morrison and Air Chief Marshal Mark Donald Binskin about the existence of a secret SAS 4 Squadron and the alleged capture of peace activists at Swan Island using brutal force such as having their clothes ripped off, their heads covered in hessian bags, their hands and feet bound with cable ties and threats of rape and drowning. 

ASIS base protesters claim mistreatment in ‘Guantanamo Bay’ style

Louise Milligan  ABC  9 October 2014
ASIS base protesters claim mistreatment in 'Guantanamo Bay' style
A group of non-violent Christian protesters claim they were hooded, stripped and dragged on the ground after breaking into the secret Swan Island military and intelligence base saying it was more like Guantanamo Bay than Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula.

 

Anti-war protesters claim they were abused on Swan Island intelligence facility

Peter Michelborough at the Herald Sun  2 Oct, 2017

 

 

Herald Sun article Anti-war protesters claim assault illegal
Swan Island Peace Convergence group spokesman Greg Rolles is suing over his treatment by the defence force.

 

Anti-war activists who broke into Swan Island military base to be charged.

The Guardian Helen Davidson 2 October, 2014Photo: Anti-war activists who broke into Swan Island military base to be charged. The Guardian 2014

 

Defence Force Inquiry Report into the circumstances surrounding the trespass incident at Swan Island on 02 October 2014
Defence Force Inquiry Report into the circumstances surrounding the trespass incident at Swan Island on 02 October 2014

 

Protests at the entrance to the Swan Island SAS training facility 2014: Bnaner Who's dirty wars are the SAS fighting
Click to download 300dpi version Protests at the entrance to the Swan Island SAS training facility 2014: Banner Who’s dirty wars are the SAS fighting?

Swan Island Peace activists outside court

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