Both have been arrested and served six - month jail sentences for acts of civil disobedience in protesting the School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)-- a military school in Fort Benning, Georgia, that has trained Latin Americans in tactics of war, terrorism and torture. (religion-online.org)
She and Valerie Langer helped organize one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history in the almost 350,000 hectare wilderness area. (globalnews.ca)
Bahrain is also still in the grip of a political uprising, with the tiny island nation undergoing a massive campaign of civil disobedience against the ruling Khalifa family. (politics.co.uk)