Orders from Washington Behind Deportation(Activist Against D. Cheney Held)

[buzzsaw_23]

Orders from Washington behind deportation: Brown
September 11, 2005 - 7:00PM


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An American peace activist facing deportation from Australia may have been arrested for political reasons on orders from Washington, Greens leader Bob Brown said tonight.
Scott Parkin, a teacher and activist who was once arrested in the United States, was detained yesterday by Australian Federal Police on the authority of the immigration department.

Mr Parkin's lawyer Marika Dias today said Mr Parkin was told he'd been arrested, and had his visitor's visa cancelled, because he was considered a threat to national security.

Mr Parkin - who had been teaching peace activism workshops in Melbourne - is being held at the Melbourne Custody Centre, where protesters rallied today against his detention and expected deportation.

Senator Brown said he had serious concerns about the reasons for Mr Parkin's arrest given his history of activism against US military contractor Halliburton, which has close ties to US Vice President Dick Cheney.

http://smh.com.au/news/national/orders-from-washington-behind-deportation-brown/2005/09/11/1126377198879.html

[TahitiNut]

1. peace = 'a threat to national security'

I think Orwell would change his first name if he were alive today, shedding it like skunk-soiled clothing.

[pinerow]

2. Can't have teachers actually teaching, unless it is the party line...

Joe Stalin must be smiling from his perch in Hell...:wtf:

[sam sarrha]

3. that is not an Oxymoron.. it is from a Wet Brain Alcoholic Moron

[jilln]

4. wtf??? I know this guy!

[lostnfound]

5. A nonviolent, principled person taking a stand against war profiteering

and environmental destruction. He is well deserving of our support.

Call the Australian embassy in Washington asking that he be let go..and be allowed to continue on his travels.

Embassy of Australia
1601 Mass. Ave, NW
Washington DC,
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

He has broken no known law or violated his visa requirements. According to his legal advisor in Australia, Marika Dias, "Scott has complied with that visa completely while he's been here. There's been no wrongdoing on his part."

Please take action TODAY (or tomorrow) to get our fellow progressive activist out of jail!
Peace activists are not terrorists and should not be put in jail for their political opinions!

[buzzsaw_23]

8. Political prisoner n/t

[Rex]

6. Can't have something like peace

fucking up a profitable venture! Arrest that man!

[Bravo411]

7. They'll probably throw him in GITMO

and label him an enemy combatant. Oh wait, I mean an illegal combatant, then the Geneva Convention won't apply.