Eve Tetaz

Eve Tetaz, 76, is a retired Washington, D.C. public schoolteacher and a peace and justice activist. Tetaz was arrested nine times between January and October 2007 for nonviolent civil resistance during protests against the war and occupation of Iraq. [Common Dreams [http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0628-02.htm Senior Woman Protesting War Faces Jail Time] Common Dreams (June 28, 2007)] Tetaz was one of 16 anti-torture protesters who were arrested for a protest on October 17, 2006 in front of the White House. The arrests occurred the same day President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act. [San Francisco IndyMedia [http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/1733796.php Military commissions act protesters go to court] Washington Regional Religious Coalition Against Torture (January 18, 2007)]

On November 2, 2007 Tetaz was sentenced to seven days in the D.C. Jail after pleading no contest to two counts of failure to obey a lawful order and one count of unlawful assembly incommoding. In her sentencing statement, she said she would continue to speak out against the war and occupation of Iraq.

Tetaz continues to engage in nonviolent direct action in 2008, including the January 11th "Shut Down Guantanamo Day" action at the Supreme Court. On that day 82 activists were arrested inside and outside of the Supreme Court, demanding that the U.S. government close the Guantanamo prison and immediately bring all prisoners before a court of law. [The Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011202615.html Activists pose as Guantanamo Prisoners] (January 13, 2008)]

In another nonviolent direct action, a week before the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Tetaz and 9 others spoke out from the Senate gallery while the legislative body was in session. They represented ghosts of individuals killed in the war and military occupation, and called on the Senate to cease its funding. [York Daily Record [http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_8571664 Pa. Men among 10 arrested in Senate Gallery] (March 14, 2008)] They have been charged with Disrupting Congress.

At the end of May 2008, Eve was sentenced to five days in D.C. Jail after being found guilty by Judge Wendell Gardner of breaking the law on January 11th of the same year. She also received unsupervised probation and a stay away order from the Supreme Court for a year. [Catholic News Service [http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802944.htm Eleven activists sent to jail for demonstrating at U.S. Supreme Court] (May 30, 2008)]

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External links

* [http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/archives/mp3/tps-2007-11-20-tetaz-goldstone.mp3 Radio interview with Eve Tetaz]
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rls=en&pwst=1&um=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22eve%20tetaz%22&sa=N&tab=nv# Video interview with Eve Tetaz]