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UK: War Resisters International in court

01 August 2002

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Executive members of the international network of antimilitarist and pacifist organisations, War Resisters' International (WRI), have decided to withhold the proportion of their tax used to fund the war against terrorism from the Inland Revenue. The protestors, in a symbolic action following a request from their staff, have been withholding 7% (the quoted percentage of taxation allocated to the Ministry of Defence) of their PAYE since last December. In a letter to the Inland Revenue they wrote: "War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war." War Resisters' International, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX, tel. +44 20 7278 4040, email: info@wri-irg,org. An exchange of letters between WRI and the Inland Revenue can be seen at: http://www.wri-irg,org /news/ 2002/ officewtr.htm

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