AR-News: (CA-bc/US-or) Canada reviews Tre Arrow's refugee claim

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A Canadian immigration panel began hearings
Monday to decide if one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives is a terrorist
or not before allowing him to apply for refugee status in Canada.

Tre Arrow is wanted for his alleged role in the 2001 firebombing of
logging and cement trucks in Oregon. 

The FBI claims he is associated with the Environmental Liberation Front
(ELF), its number one domestic terrorist priority. The group has claimed
responsibility for dozens of acts of destruction over the past few years.
...
Barbarash said Arrow has ended a hunger strike he had waged. He said
Arrow has dropped from 150 pounds to 109 pounds while in custody.

Arrows supporters say that, as a vegan, Arrow has not been receiving food
he can eat in custody. They brought food for him Monday.

"He was looking forward to today for the food rather than the hearing,"
Barbarash said. "Every now and then he gets some iceberg lettuce."

If the panel decides he is not associated with the ELF, Arrow has 28 days
to begin the process to apply for refugee status in Canada.

full story:
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=67811
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