Dr. Ernesto Bustamante's Legal Defense Fund
As you may remember, Dr. Ernesto Bustamante of Peru was sued for defamation by another scientist, and faces prison time for speaking out on agricultural biotechnology. His case has been dragging in the Peruvian court for the past two years and he has already personally incurred an expense of $19,000 so far in legal bills, and this is expected to climb. Apparently, his opponent is being helped through funding and assistance from Greenpeace and Third World Network. Thus, a Legal Defense Fund has been set up to help Dr. Bustamante with his expenses in the case.
May I personally please urge all of you to kindly contribute whatever you can to help a fellow scientist in his sad plight. Please click on
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JTE...
You may contribute by credit card or Paypal. Any amount from you would help him personally but also in fighting for science and for the freedom to speak up. The scientfic community has stood behind him through a global petition (
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJ3T2stY3VKZk5YUVhZNFd...) and now we can go a little further by financially helping him a little. Please forward this email to your friends, colleagues and scientific societies.
