US Peace Activist, Previously Barred from Canada, Tries to Re-Enter Today March 1st, 2010 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2010 CONTACTS: Andrea Peloso 647.802.9465, torontocodepink@yahoo.ca US Peace Activist, Previously Barred from Canada, Tries to Re-Enter Today WHEN: On March 1,
former US Army Colonel and prominent peace activist Ann Wright, who was
barred from entering Canada for one year, will attempt to cross the
Canadian border at Windsor. If she is allowed into the country, she
will speak at a public event in Toronto, at the University of Toronto
International Student Centre, on March 2, 7 p.m. After resigning from the US
army in 2003 over the Bush Administration's war of aggression in Iraq,
Colonel Ann Wright became an outspoken and prominent peace activist.
She participated in acts of non violent civil disobedience around the
world and her subsequent arrest record was added to an FBI-generated
international criminal records database created to assist countries in
identifying potential terrorists. On October 3, 2007, Ann Wright and
CODEPINK Cofounder Medea Benjamin were denied entry to Canada even with
the support of Canadian Member of Parliament Libby Davies;
Ann, upon attempting to reenter later in 2007, was banned for one year
from entering Canada. She will attempt to enter Canada again TODAY to
speak against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Canada's border
policies that act as a barrier to free speech. Ann has been denied entry to Canada 3 times, and has been admitted once. EVENT SPONSORED BY: CODEPINK
Toronto, The Council of Canadians, Science for Peace, War Resisters
Support Campaign, Voice of Women, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War,
the Canadian Peace Alliance, and Rabble.ca |
