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I would like to bring to your attention the petition down below. The cause speaks to itself. </div>
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The trial is on, right now, right this moment, as I'm writing this letter to you. Any help will be of great importance. </div>
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Do not hesitate to distribute widely. </div>
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<div class="PlainText">Yana Meerzon, Ph.D.<br>
<span style="font-size:10pt">Professor</span><br>
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<div class="PlainText">Director: <a href="http://artsites.uottawa.ca/studies-migration/" style="font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:rgb(143,0,26); outline:none">Studies in Migration Research Group</a><br>
Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa<br>
135 Séraphin-Marion, Room 304B <br>
Ottawa ON Canada, K1N 6N5<br>
Telephone: 613 562-5800, ext. 2243 <br>
E-mail: ymeerzon@uOttawa.ca</div>
<div class="PlainText">Website: <a href="https://arts.uottawa.ca/theatre/en/people/meerzon-yana" class="OWAAutoLink">https://arts.uottawa.ca/theatre/en/people/meerzon-yana</a></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 26, 2020 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SCUDD@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <SCUDD@JISCMAIL.AC.UK><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Persecution of Russian Theatre artists - trial and sentencing of artists from 7th Studio Moscow</font>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">I hope you are all well. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">I ask that you read and sign, via google docs, the letter can be found by following this link:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T4B3a96ETkE6lJR2j-LNlrLV4WnLVMJSPDNDFwG2Pj0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T4B3a96ETkE6lJR2j-LNlrLV4WnLVMJSPDNDFwG2Pj0/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">I'll email the letter on Monday to the Russian Embassy and Consulate as well as the court if I can find those details. I appreciate you sharing the link to anyone you think might
support. The cutt off is Monday 29th at noon. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">It protests the spurious prosecution and sentencing of internationally acclaimed theatre director, Kiril Serebrennikov and his production associates on charges of corruption and embezzlement
which have not been proven by evidence. Kiril and his colleagues have been under house arrest since 2017. Witnesses have been threatened, performances which have been staged and reviewed have been claimed not to have happened by the prosecution despite photographic
and video evidence of them. The prosecution has been driven by politicians who support an organisation which lobbies for "traditional" Russian Theatre and we also believe this may be motivated by Serebrennikov's sexuality. Laws exist in Russia to make illegal
work which "promotes" LGBTQI issues. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">There is more background here: </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222"><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/06/16/key-witness-in-serebrennikovs-fraud-trial-claims-severe-pressure-from-investigators-a70592" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">background
on 7th Studio trial</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222">There is also a petition here by Schaubuhne Theatre, Berlin:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/freiheit-f%C3%BCr-kirill-serebrennikov-freekirill?fbclid=IwAR2iDmP14F5n6rJunbtKvs9BjW3B3AT6sHSl4qKbroMGAg1TMXAR5NZbKYU" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">petition</span></a></span></p>
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Thank you.</p>
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Nicola McCartney</p>
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