To e-mail Richard Newcomb, director of OFAC, please click ofac_feedback@do.treas.gov, then paste the following sample letter into the body of your e-mail.

Dear Richard Newcomb,



I am writing to express my deep concern about the recent broadening of OFAC restrictions. Once intended to monitor trade, these regulations can now be interpreted to bar or restrict the publication of literature-and any informational material for that matter-originating in countries subject to U.S. trade embargo.



I strongly believe that any extension of trade sanctions to literature and any other informational material runs contrary to international law, most notably Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees that the right to freedom of thought and expression "includes freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print, in the form of art, or through any other medium of one’s choice."



I urge you to request an immediate review of regulations that pertain to information and publications from embargoed countries, and to rewrite these regulations to conform to the spirit of the Berman Amendment, the First Amendment, and international law.



Sincerely,

[Your name and address here]