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DESCRIPTION:His reasons for being held are ambiguous   but his legal advisor has 
 confirmed that among the reasons given for his detainment is that Scott has 
 been identified as a terror threat to Australian national security. Scott 
 is in no way a terrorist threat; he   is a political activist, plain and 
 simple, and is being detained because  of his political activism.  Scott 
 has been an essential component in organizing anti-war  profiteering 
 protests against Halliburton in Houston, Texas. He was a key organizer   of 
 the two large protests during Halliburton¹s 2004 and 2005 shareholders 
 meetings that garnered negative publicity for Halliburton, and he has  
 co-organized numerous teach-ins, rallies and other nonviolent actions about 
 war profiteering. Scott is also an environmental activist and worked with 
 Greenpeace on an action during Exxon Mobil¹s shareholder meeting   in 
 2003.  Scott has been traveling in Australia since June, camping and 
 hiking,  and recently began doing some work with Australia Greenpeace. He 
 has also  recently has been participating in some anti-corporate protests 
 in Australia, and has given presentations to Australian activists about  
 strategic organizing, street theater, and nonviolent direct action. 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 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!  Call the Australian Embassy in 
 Washington, DC.  Embassy of Australia  1601 Mass. Ave, NW  Washington DC,  
 Tel: (202) 797-3000  Fax: (202) 797-3168  If you live in DC, please PROTEST 
 AT THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY at 5 PM on  Sunday, Sept. 11. Please RSVP for 
 this protest by calling Andrea Buffa   at  510-325-3653.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/11/75353.php
SUMMARY:US peace activist detained under terrorist charges in Australia. Call Australian
LOCATION:September 10, 2005  Scott Parkin, a US peace activist from Houston, Texas, 
 has been detained by  police in Australia without formally being charged 
 with any crime and threatened with deportation.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/11/75353.php
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