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Article

6 Dec 2007

Author:
Agence France-Presse, in Inquirer [Philippines]

Filipino, 2 other foreign activists deported from Indonesia

A Filipino and two other foreign activists who planned to travel to a UN Climate Change conference in Bali have been deported for violating their visas by attending a protest...The trio gave speeches during Sunday’s protest against plans to set up a waste incinerator near Bandung...The three activists -- Gigie Cruz from the Philippines, Shibu Nair from India, and Neil Tangri from the United States -- held tourist visas and these had been violated when they attended the protest...“We find it ridiculous that we are being deported from Indonesia for speaking out on waste and climate issues in a peaceful and nonviolent assembly of concerned citizens, since encouraging global public action to address the climate crisis is the whole point of the current UN Climate Change Conference in Bali,” Cruz said in a communication sent to Manila.