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The Rapid Action Network (RAN) is an e-mail network activated from the PEN Canada office in Toronto. Each week, an appeal is sent out to subscribers on an urgent freedom of expression case. Subscribers are asked to fax and/or email letters to appropriate authorities. Click the name of the person to read the appeals sent out by subscribers to the RAN network. (Note that these appeals are no longer active.) To subscribe to the e-mail network, contact wipc@pencanada.ca.
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| August 14, 2009 | RAN #8 - Publisher sentenced to one year in prison
Raúl Figueroa-Sarti: Protesting the one-year prison sentence and fine handed down to the publisher Raúl Figueroa-Sarti on August 6, 2009 for alleged copyright infringement |
Guatemala |
| July 16, 2009 | RAN #7 - Human Rights Defender, Natalia Estemirova, Murdered
Natalia Estemirova: Urging that the promised investigation into her murder be carried out fully and impartially, and that those responsible be brought to justice |
Russia/Chechnya |
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| June 26, 2009 | RAN #6 - Free Mazair Bahari: An open letter from 100 international writers to Iranian authorities
Mazair Bahari: Protesting the detention without charge on June 21, 2009 of a leading Canadian-Iranian journalist, writer and film-maker |
Iran |
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| May 22, 2009 | RAN #5 - Aung San Suu Kyi taken to prison
Aung San Suu Kyi: Calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi |
Myanmar |
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| May 7, 2009 | RAN #4 - Serious concerns for Zargana’s health
Zargana: Calling for assurances that Zargana receive the medical treatment he deserves and that his family be allowed to visit him forthwith. |
Myanmar |
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| March 6, 2009 | RAN #3 - Newspaper editor arrested and ill-treated
Nadesapillai Vithyatharan: PEN Canada is deeply disturbed by reports of Vithyatharan’s ill-treatment in custody and seeks assurances of his well-being as a matter of urgency. |
Sri Lanka |
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| January 23, 2009 | RAN #2 - Canadian-Iranian blogger detained
Hossein Derakhshan: Calling for immediate and unconditional release of Hossein Derakhshan and urgently seeking assurances of his well-being. |
Iran |
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| January 15, 2009 | RAN #1 - Newspaper editor murdered
Lasantha Wickramatunga: Calling for a full and timely investigation into the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga. |
Sri Lanka |
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