And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:18:51 -0500 (EST) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Leonard Peltier - Press Release > >The following is a press release about local and international actions to >help free Leonard Peltier from prison this holiday season. I hope you will >consider supporting this campaign and for the spirit of the holidays and for >justice. >*************************************************************************** > > > >PRESS RELEASE > > Nonviolent civil disobedient actions on December 19, 1998 > in support of Native American political prisoner, Leonard Peltier > > >Contacts: Leonard Peltier Support Group > P.O. Box 1999 > Wendell Depot, MA 01380 > > Jonathan Mark 978-544-7862 > Paul Burton 413-625-8420 > > Leonard Peltier Defense Committee > Attn: Gina and Keith > P.O. Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 > Tel: 785-842-5774, Fax: 5796 > http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html > >Greenfield, Massachusetts > > Supporters of American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier hope >to win Peltier's release from federal prison after 22 years of >incarceration. As part of an International effort to spur the Clinton >Administration to grant Peltier a Presidential Pardon, a group of local >supporters has organized a nonviolent civil disobedience action for December >19th in Greenfield. > > Leonard Peltier is a well-known victim of human rights abuses by the >U.S. judicial system. Convicted in 1976 of murdering two FBI agents on the >Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Peltier has maintained his innocence >and human rights groups and civil rights leaders have cited his case as a >grave injustice. Amnesty International cited the Peltier case as a glaring >example of FBI tampering with the judicial process in a political trial; >Federal prosecutors have admitted that they cannot prove that Peltier was >responsible for the agents' deaths and an appeal's court judge who upheld >Peltier's conviction later called for Peltier to be freed, saying the FBI >was equally responsible for the agents' deaths. Despite evidence of witness >tampering by the prosecution and a lack of direct evidence of Peltier's >guilt, he remains in prison after 22 years. Meanwhile, Leonard Peltier's >health is deteriorating and many people around the world are concerned for >his life. > > More than five years ago Leonard Peltier applied for Executive Clemency, >citing his support among such leaders as Reverend Jesse Jackson, 55 members >of Congress, European Parliament, Nelson Mandela with about fifty million >signatures written on his behalf. Usually the process for the review of >clemency takes six to nine months. However, Peltier has only received a form >letter response that states his application is still under review. With his >appeals through the courts exhausted, Peltier holds out the hope that >President Clinton will do the right thing and reverse generations of >injustice to American Indian people by granting Leonard Peltier freedom this >holiday season. > > Local supporters hope their action will build awareness of the case and >highlight the importance of justice for Peltier for all Americans. > > One organizer of the Leonard Peltier Support Group in western >Massachusetts, Jonathan Mark, said, "What better way can I support my >Country, family and freedom this holiday season than by supporting Leonard >Peltier? Sure, getting arrested is a hassle, but it is really minor >compared to the suffering of this man in prison for decades." > > Besides Main Street in Greenfield, MA, more than thirty other nonviolent >civil disobedient actions are planned, including in Washington, D.C., >Lawrence, KS, San Francisco, Melbourne, Australia, Brussels, Belgium and New >York City. Each support group plans to hold nonviolent training workshops >and will decide how they plan to be arrested by consensus. The Greenfield >group's training session begins Sunday, December 13 at 1:00 P.M. at the >Green Fields Market. "After that meeting," says Mark, "we should have a >better idea about our plans." Mark mentions that they would be available for >answering questions at their December 17 meeting in the loft at the Green >Fields Market from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. and the group plans to hold a press >conference at a legal rally preceding the nonviolent civil disobedient >actions on December 19 beginning at 11:00 A.M. in front of the Court House >on Main Street in Greenfield, MA. > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
