Anti-war activist 'arrests' Ruddock

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:00

On July 5, anti-war activist Peter McGregor confronted Attorney-General Philip Ruddock at a University of NSW symposium and served him with a warrant for war crimes. Police arrested McGregor, a retired academic from Newcastle, and charged him with "unlawful entry on inclosed lands". The warrant charged Ruddock, along with PM John Howard, foreign minister Alexander Downer and defence minister Brendan Nelson with crimes including "Planning, preparing, initiation or waging a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances".

From GLW issue 717