Posted AT 5:20 AM EDT on 24/10/07
Peace activists denied entry to try again
NEW YORK — U.S. anti-Iraq war activists Ann Wright and Medea Benjamin were outraged when they learned they were denied entry to Canada because their names were on an FBI crime database meant to track potential terrorists, fugitives and violent felons.
They were told that they would have to apply for “criminal rehabilitation” and pay $200 if they ever wanted to visit again.
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