NEW YORK - French farmer Jose Bove, a prominent protester against genetically modified food and agricultural free trade, has been denied entry into the United States, officials of an event he was due to address said on Thursday.
Bove arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with a valid U.S. entry visa on Wednesday afternoon but was detained for several hours and later returned to Paris, according to William Kramer, a spokesman for the conference. "This is ridiculous, this is illegal, you're violating his free speech," Kramer said. He said calls to the U.S. Immigration Department and to the Department of Homeland Security had failed to secure an explanation. U.S. immigration officials were not immediately available for comment. On Friday, Bove was to deliver an address titled "The Struggle Against Monsanto in Europe." U.S.-based Monsanto Co. is a major manufacturer of genetically modified seeds. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11255815/from/RSS/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
