Youth delegates dragged from convention centre
Three youth delegates to the World Urban Forum complain they were dragged out of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre on Wednesday night by security officers.
A weeping Nathalie Lozano, 19, told CBC News the incident began when the three women lined up at a security checkpoint in the building, on their way to the washroom.
Lozano says officials searched their bags and confiscated T-shirts with a political slogan on them.
"We had the shirts that say, 'Don't be a war toy.' We had them in our bags, we didn't have them on. When they saw us in the backpacks with them, they took it from us and they say we couldn't get them."
A bit more at the CBC link
Thanks for the APEC memories...not mentioned here is that the area is locked down with a Bush-like 'freedom zone' as well and UN security is being provided by Kenya and the US I believe with the RCMP in tow.
The UN should start to walk the walk, if their 'talk' is to be taken seriously...
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