US Activist Detained At Canadian Border -Starhawk

by starhawk - reposted November 14 2001, Wed, 7:07pm (at Ontario IMC)



An activist was detained at the Ottawa border and is now imprisoned. She

choose this option as a political stance. The article is written by her

travelling companion and discusses the issue of open borders and free

trade.

There is also contact information for various government officials to

voice

your dissent.

Global Justice Activist Detained At Canadian Border!

By Starhawk

11/13/01

On Monday, November 12th, Lisa Fithian and I were travelling together to

Ottawa when I was flagged by Immigration for a more extensive screening.

We

had both been invited by OPIRG (The Ontario Public Interest Research

Group)

to offer trainings on activism in preparation for upcoming demonstrations

against the G20, the IMF and the World Bank which are meeting in Ottawa

November 16-19. I was also scheduled to give a lecture at St. Lawrence

University just across the border in the U.S. Ottawa is the nearest

airport.

Lisa

had cleared Immigration but when I went to tell her I might be delayed,

they

tagged her, too. We spent nearly five hours waiting, being questioned,

photographed, fingerprinted, and searched. We were told that I was picked

out

because I had been arrested in Seattle at the WTO protests in November of