Argentina deports British journalist ahead of WTO conference
Source: Guardian
Sally Burch included on list of 63 journalists and NGO officials banned from December meeting over security concerns
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Saturday 9 December 2017 14.00 EST
A British journalist has been deported from Argentina after the government included her in a list of 63 people who are prohibited from attending the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference, which takes place in Buenos Aires on 10-13 December.
At the capitals Ezeiza international airport, shortly before being placed by authorities on a flight back to Ecuador, where she lives, Sally Burch said: Im a British journalist and Im being rejected entry to Argentina.
Also deported on Thursday was Norwegian activist Petter Titland, head of the NGO Attac Norge, who was placed on a plane to Brazil shortly after he arrived from Norway to attend the WTO conference.
Argentina has cited security concerns to justify blocking the entry of formerly accredited journalists and NGO officials.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/09/argentina-deports-british-journalist-ahead-of-wto-conference
LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141935514
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/09/argentina-deports-british-journalist-ahead-of-wto-conference
sandensea
(21,636 posts)They love slick hucksters and fast women - but hate just about everyone else.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)given a blanket 6 nation ban. Glass houses...
sandensea
(21,636 posts)Many of those banned are active in money laundering observation and abatement - a topic which hits just a little to close to home for him.