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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">The R.A.C.E. Network remains
deeply concerned about the imprisonment and now
hospitalisation of
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Dr.
Homa Hoodfar</span>. Her unjust imprisonment in
Iran continues, even has her health deteriorates. We
need you to lend your voice and social media skills
to securing her release and return to Canada.<span></span></span></p>
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<li><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/homa-hoodfar-ill-1.3740392"
style="font-family:"times new
roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Canadian prof
Homa Hoodfar, jailed in Iran, falls ill in
solitary confinement</a><span
style="font-family:"times new
roman",serif;font-size:12pt">: Authorities
'are not prioritizing her health and do not intend
to respect Homa's due process rights', CBC, August
30, 2016: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/homa-hoodfar-ill-1.3740392">http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/homa-hoodfar-ill-1.3740392</a></span></li>
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<li><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">Family Press Release: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/df8348_c0bcadb6b3c0475291a0f425eb159ad2.pdf">PROFESSOR
HOMA HOODFAR HOSPITALISED AFTER IRANIAN
JUDICIALAUTHORITIES VIOLATE DOMESTIC LAWS, TRY
TO DISMISS LAWYER, REFUSEBAIL, AND KEEP HER IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT</a>, August 30, 2016: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/df8348_c0bcadb6b3c0475291a0f425eb159ad2.pdf">http://media.wix.com/ugd/df8348_c0bcadb6b3c0475291a0f425eb159ad2.pdf</a></span></li>
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<li><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">Sherene Razack. <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/dr-hoodfars-research-helps-remove-muslim-stigma-we-cant-let-her-die-for-it/article30881523/">Dr.
Hoodfar’s research helps remove Muslim stigma:
We can’t let her die for it,</a>" Globe and Mail
(July 12, 2016): </span><span
style="font-family:"times new
roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif;text-transform:uppercase"><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>We are
calling on all academics, scholars and
activists:</b></span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">**Please post a one minute video
of yourself making a personal appeal to Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister
Stephane Dion to bring Prof Homa Hoodfar home from
prison in Tehran. Explain who you are and say that
the matter is very urgent since she is very ill.
Please share the video on YouTube, the RACE Network
site and via all social media using the hashtag <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/freehoma?source=feed_text&story_id=10154486505668390">#FreeHoma</a>.
Tag on Twitter: @RACE_CANADA<span></span></span></p>
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roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">**Please continue to write to the
Canadian government to seek the immediate release of
Prof Homa Hoodfar and post your appeal to this RACE
Network site to encourage others.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">*Hon Justin Trudeau, Prime
Minister of Canada <br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca">justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca</a><span></span></span></p>
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*Hon Stephane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs<br>
email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stephane.dion@international.gc.ca">stephane.dion@international.gc.ca</a><span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">Please copy:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new
roman",serif">* Dr. Alan Shepard <br>
President, Concordia University, Montreal <br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alan.shepard@concordia.ca">alan.shepard@concordia.ca</a>.<span></span></span></p>
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