Scott Parkin, who had been teaching peace activism workshops in Melbourne, was detained on Saturday and had his six-month visitor visa cancelled on national security grounds. He is being deported to the US. One of his lawyers Marika Dias said her client, a long-time peace activist who was once arrested in America over a Greenpeace action, hadn't been told why he was considered a security risk in Australia.
The above is from an article in "The Age" and it is worrying. The url is http://www.theage.com.au/news/Nation...377198475.html
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