[news] Non-Violent U.S. Peace Activists Denied Entry to Canada

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Two high-profile American peace activists have accused the Canadian government of denying them entry into Canada because of past arrests in the U.S. for protesting the war in Iraq...Medea Benjamin, founder of the women's peace movement CodePink, and former U.S. diplomat Ann Wright were detained for several hours at the Niagara Falls border crossing and then turned back because their names appeared on an FBI database detailing their convictions.

  


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