Sign the Support Form

First, sign the support form of the Petition for Justice. This will demonstrate your support to stop the injustice and to bring Michael Kapoustin home to Canada.

When you sign the support form, you have the option of showing your name on the View List of Supporters webpage.

Your email address only stays with michaelkapoustin.com. If you select "let us email you", we may email you occasionally on the progress being made to get justice for Michael Kapoustin and to bring him home to Canada.

Spread the Word

Tell your friends and colleagues about the Michael Kapoustin case. Ask them to go to www.michaelkapoustin.com and to become a supporter.

Link www.michaelkapoustin.com to your website.

Canadian Citizens can Write their Member of Parliament

1. Go to www.parl.gc.ca
2. Click on English or French
3. At "Current Parliamentarians" of the main menu, enter your postal code and click on Find
4. From here you can directly email your member of parliament.

I have recently learned about a Canadian citizen, Michael Kapoustin, who has been wrongfully imprisoned in Bulgaria for the past 12 years.

Prime Minister Harper has made it a priority to bring Michael Kapoustin home to Canada and as a member of your constituency, I request that you:

1. brief yourself on this important case by viewing www.michaelkapoustin.com
2. become a supporter of www.michaelkapoustin.com
3. ensure that Canada does everything it can to bring Michael Kapoustin home, in your capacity as an elected member of parliament.

To quote Dean Peroff, Michael Kapoustin's pro-bono lawyer, "Canada must do whatever it takes to protect its own, particularly in countries that show no respect whatsoever for justice and the rule of law."

Contact the Council of Europe and European Union to Protest Bulgaria's Unlawful Actions

For the Council of Europe:

For the European Union:

1. Go to www.europa.eu
2. Select your language
3. Click on: Your Direct Line (under "Interact with the EU")
4. Click on: Write to US
5. Select: Send your questions by email

Bulgaria was granted entry into the European Union even though it showed deficiencies in the areas of judicial reform, corruption and organized crime. As one such example, I have recently learned about a Canadian citizen, Michael Kapoustin, who has been wrongfully imprisoned in Bulgaria for the past 12 years.

Bulgaria continues to refuse to send Michael Kapoustin to Canada citing irrelevant and unlawful grounds. In addition, there are systemic judicial and penal system problems in Bulgaria with the treatment of all foreign prisoners.

Allowing Bulgaria to accede to the European Union only reinforces the impunity with which Bulgarian authorities act.

Please demand justice for Kapoustin and support Canada in its efforts to repatriate him in accordance with the Council of Europe's Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons.

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