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We first posted about Eric volz in late April of this year.  Here is today’s update:

A Foundation To Build on…Day #291 for Eric in prison

For those of you who read Eric’s last letter (http://www.friendsofericvolz.com/updates.htm#aug8letter ), unfortunately his instincts were correct when he said there would probably be a repressive response by the authorities to the fact that he published such a straight-forward description of how he has become a political prisoner.

We have just been informed that his access to phone calls has been cut to one 15 minute call per week. He must now choose between calling his attorney or his family.

A couple of weeks ago, Eric had his first asthma attack in 10 years. Apparently it was pretty intense and the prison doctor prescribed medicine and asked us to purchase a nebulizer that Eric could keep in his cell for emergencies. We purchased the nebulizer and the medicines and were able to get them to Eric. Two days later the prison warden gave orders to take the nebulizer and the medicines from Eric. That night he had a serious episode and had no medicine.
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Formally known as the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the treaty aims to reverse the tobacco epidemic by changing the way tobacco corporations operate around the world.