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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 4. Oktober 2007 / Time Line October 4, 2007
Version 3.53. Oktober 2007, 5. Oktober 2007
10/04/2007
Canada Bars Entry to US Peacemakers
October 4, 2007: Ann Wright, retired U.S. army colonel and former
diplomat who quit in opposition to the Iraq war, and Medea
Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and founding director of Global
Exchange, tested Canada's policy towards US peace activists on
Thursday. They were on their way to Toronto at the invitation of
the Toronto Stop the War Coalition but were denied entry into
Canada due to previous arrests for demonstrating against the Iraq
War outside the White House and in the Capitol. Their names have
been added to FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
database that apparently dictates Canadian border policy. The
border agents at the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls who barred
Medea and Ann said the mere fact that they were listed on the NCIC
was sufficient to bar them from entry.
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