Border Patrol Presence Protested in Port Angeles -- Tom Callis

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PORT ANGELES -- A march against Border Patrol roadblocks and increased activity on the North Olympic Peninsula attracted about 75 people from Clallam and Jefferson counties on Saturday.

Although focused on roadblocks that occurred along U.S. Highway 101 east of Forks and on state Highway 104 near the Hood Canal Bridge last summer, the protest also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, and protested U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More work must be done to expand human rights to everyone around the world, said Port Angeles resident Lois Danks of the Stop the Checkpoints Committee, which organized the rally along with the Clallam County Green Party and Veterans For Peace.

Celebrating efforts

"There have been thousands of people who have fought for human rights" since the declaration, she said at the gathering at Veterans Park on Lincoln Street in Port Angeles.

"Let's celebrate those people and their efforts."

The rally included a series of speakers, as well as protest songs from the Port Townsend Raging Grannies and musician Howly Slim.