Len Homeniuk, 68, is an American/Canadian retired geologist and businessman who is caught up in a nightmare in Bulgaria.

Len has been charged with “involvement in corruption” by the Kyrgyzstan authorities. But he’s absolutely innocent. A longer summary of the facts underlying these false charges are available at freelen.org.

Although Bulgaria has no legal grounds for extraditing Len, for some reason they are allowing the Kyrgyz government until September 10 to submit any proof of their allegations. The process continues to drag on and Kyrgyzstan continues to use Len as a hostage in their economic war with Centerra Gold over the Kumtor mining project.