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U.S. Anti-War Activists Denied Entry to Canada

An AP newswire article, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:

U.S. peace activists Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright have had a tough time entering Canada lately because their names send up red flags in border agents' computers.

Both women have been arrested in the United States protesting against the Iraq war, which has landed them in an international criminal database. When they visited Canada in August, they were told they would have to apply for "criminal rehabilitation" and pay $200 if they ever wanted to visit again. Neither applied.

Yesterday, Ms. Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, and Ms. Wright, a retired U.S. army colonel, walked into Canada at Niagara Falls to test whether they really would be denied entry because of their anti-war-related arrests.

They were.

posted by Fergie @ 10/04/2007 07:14:00 PM