[CivilSoc] Chat with Edmond Pope about Russia's SpyMania

Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:39:17 -0500

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DFN HOSTS ONLINE CHAT WITH EDMOND POPE
American Businessman to Discuss Being Wrongfully Imprisoned in Russia
  and the New "Spymania" Trend Gripping the Country
WHEN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 @ 12:30 PM TO 1:30 PM (EST)
WHERE: ONLINE @ WWW.DFN.ORG/CHAT
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) will host an online meeting with American 
businessman Edmond Pope on Thursday, December 13 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM 
New York Time (5:30 - 6:30 PM GMT).
The online meeting, which is free and open to the public, will take place 
on DFN's Web site at <http://dfn.org/chat>. No registration is required. 
Anyone may attend the moderated forum and post questions to Mr. Pope, who 
will be discussing his imprisonment and "spymania," the surge of wrongful 
arrests and prosecutions of individuals charged with espionage by Russia's 
Security Service (FSB) in the name of state security. The chat will be in 
English.
A victim of the "spymania" trend, Mr. Pope was arrested by the FSB when 
meeting with colleagues about the purchase of unclassified documents on a 
high-speed torpedo.  He was charged with espionage and in December 2000, 
found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in a high security labor camp. That 
same month, due to the tireless work of his family concerned for his 
declining health, Mr. Pope was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and 
released on humanitarian grounds.  He has recently published Torpedoed, a 
book that provides an account of his harrowing experience.
For those unable to attend the chat, questions for Mr. Pope can be sent to 
DFN by e-mail at [email protected].
For more information, contact Jacqueline Kozin: tel: 973.438.3687 or email: 
[email protected].
The online meeting will be accessible to anyone running a Java-enabled Web 
browser or an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application.
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) is an international organization that 
develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights 
activism. DFN designs online campaigns, makes technical information more 
readily available to activists, and provides an online voice to those 
attacked for expressing themselves. DFN's Web site is http://dfn.org.
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<div align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size=2>DFN HOSTS ONLINE CHAT WITH
EDMOND POPE<br>
American Businessman to Discuss Being Wrongfully Imprisoned in
Russia<br>
 and the New �Spymania� Trend Gripping the Country<br><br>
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WHEN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 @ 12:30 PM TO 1:30 PM (EST)<br>
WHERE: ONLINE @
<a href="http://www.dfn.org/CHAT" eudora="autourl">WWW.</a>DFN.ORG<a href="http://www.dfn.org/CHAT" eudora="autourl">/CHAT</a><br><br>
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) will host an online meeting with
American businessman Edmond Pope on Thursday, December 13 from 12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM New York Time (5:30 - 6:30 PM GMT).<br><br>
The online meeting, which is free and open to the public, will take place
on DFN's Web site at
<<a href="http://dfn.org/chat" eudora="autourl">http://dfn.org/chat</a>>.
No registration is required. Anyone may attend the moderated forum and
post questions to Mr. Pope, who will be discussing his imprisonment and
�spymania,� the surge of wrongful arrests and prosecutions of individuals
charged with espionage by Russia�s Security Service (FSB) in the name of
state security. The chat will be in English.<br><br>
A victim of the �spymania� trend, Mr. Pope was arrested by the FSB when
meeting with colleagues about the purchase of unclassified documents on a
high-speed torpedo.  He was charged with espionage and in December
2000, found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in a high security labor
camp. That same month, due to the tireless work of his family concerned
for his declining health, Mr. Pope was pardoned by President Vladimir
Putin and released on humanitarian grounds.  He has recently
published <i>Torpedoed, </i>a book that provides an account of his
harrowing experience.<br><br>
For those unable to attend the chat, questions for Mr. Pope can be sent
to DFN by e-mail at [email protected].<br><br>
For more information, contact Jacqueline Kozin: tel: 973.438.3687 or
email: [email protected].<br><br>
The online meeting will be accessible to anyone running a Java-enabled
Web browser or an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application.<br><br>
The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) is an international organization that
develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights
activism. DFN designs online campaigns, makes technical information more
readily available to activists, and provides an online voice to those
attacked for expressing themselves. DFN's Web site is
<a href="http://dfn.org/" eudora="autourl">http://dfn.org</a>.<br><br>
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