The OCLA wrote today to PEN Canada regarding its Censorship Tracker website and the case of Mr. Arthur Topham: http://ocla.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-24-Letter-OCLA-to-PEN-Canada.pdf From the letter: "In the struggle to protect freedom of expression, civil society organizations must particularly seek to protect individuals whose rights are most at risk from being attacked using disproportionate means wielded by governments and large institutions or corporations... In particular, civil rights organizations must never sacrifice an individual who is targeted by the state using an overtly political instrument such as the “hate speech” Criminal Code provisions, no matter what the particular expression may be. Throwing the accused under the proverbial bus can never be an option, because this invites the courts to condone a fundamentally unjust law. The said Criminal Code provisions do not require proving any actual harm to any actual person, and each individual prosecution is required to be expressly approved by the government (Attorney General). These are victimless crimes, and the accused are politically selected."