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A.i.i.alert #29 - Help! Leonard Peltier Denied Basic Human Rights!
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!
DO NOT LET THIS INNOCENT MAN
DIE IN PRISON!
MY LETTER IS BELOW THIS ARTICLE!
July 7th, 2005
FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE********************************
LEONARD PELTIER DENIED BASIC RIGHTS-UN, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS INTERVENTION SOUGHT
After learning that at the sixth day of his solitary confinement, Leonard Peltier is being denied phone privileges, religious rights, visitation privileges, cannot write out, cannot even breathe fresh air, and is running out of medication, his Defense Committee has launched a national and international campaign asking human rights bodies and advocates to intervene on his behalf. Leonard Peltier is an internationally known Native American political prisoner who has been incarcerated in the United States for almost thirty years for defending his people on sovereign Indian land. His conviction came about as a result of well known, and proven, outrageous government misconduct in which documents were withheld, witnesses intimidated, and false testimony was allowed as evidence, among many other irregularities.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC) with the invaluable help of the International Indian Treaty Council (an organization working for protection of the sovereignty and human rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas and the Pacific) has appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, its Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights, The Special Representatives of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders, members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues, the National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition, the Office of Multi-Lateral Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States State Department, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, among others. They are asking for urgent assistance in response to the new crisis situation, which has further violated Peltier's rights and is currently threatening his health.
Last Thursday, June 30th, in a move that Russell Redner, Executive Director of the LPDC, describes as "extraordinary domestic rendition", Mr. Peltier was transferred without notice to his attorneys or his family from the United States Federal Prison at Leavenworth Kansas to the United States Federal Prison at Terre Haute Indiana. He is arbitrarily being held there in solitary confinement indefinitely with the resulting suspension of all his prisoner privileges and basic human rights. He was a well-respected model prisoner at Leavenworth, he is an elder, has many serious health problems, and poses no threat to the system. "There is no real basis for subjecting him to this kind of treatment" affirms Barry Bachrach, his lead counsel.
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) had already submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions in 2004 regarding Peltier's wrongly obtained conviction and imprisonment. In yesterday's communication, IITC urges the U.N. Group to exercise its mandate and visit Mr. Peltier in prison.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
RUSS REDNER, LPDC DIRECTOR, 866-534-6151 (TOLL FREE)
BARRY BACHRACH, LPDC ATTORNEY, 508-926-3403
ALBERTO SALDAMANDO, IITC GENERAL COUNSEL, 415-641-4482
Dear Official,
It is Bad enough that Leonard Peltier (an Innocent Man) is
rotting away in your Federal Prison System. But now You Transfer him to the
Terra Haute` Federal Prison for no other reason than to Harrass an
American Indian Hero!
Not only am I sending this letter to my U.S. Representative, but I am also
sending it to EVERY Media outlet I can muster to find. This out and out RACIST,
UNDERHANDED & MALICIOUS ACT of keeping my Native Brother, Leonard Peltier
in Solitary Confinement is an Afront to ALL Human Kind.
On a personal note: What do you and the FBI think you have accomplished? Well,
I'll tell you. You managed to bolster the Resolve of Every American Indian Living
around the World. You have Managed to Produce mixed bloods like me who are taking up the fight for ALL of our Native Peoples!
We are Reconnecting with our People! We are Joining Our Brothers & Sisters in AIM and we are making a Stand Against the Most RACIST & UNDERHANDED Government in the World, The United States of Amerikkka!
No Matter how hard you try, WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!
I Promise You This!
If Leonard Peltier Dies Within the Walls of YOUR U.S. Prisons, I & many others ( Native & Non-Native) WILL make it OUR Lifes work to see that ANY of the Officials Responsible Pay for Their Crimes Against this Innocent Man in either the Criminal or Civil Courts.
Unlike You, the FBI & the BIA; We Will Do It Legally!
With Utmost Disgust & Contempt For The U.S. Legal System,
THOMAS GREYWOLF ATKINS
Chickahominy/Mattaponi/U.S.CITIZEN
(p.s. Just thought I'd print big so you
wouldn't mistake my name)
Leonard Needs Your Help Now!
Please Contact the following people,
just copy & paste the addresses below
into the BCC line & your address in the TO line:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], THA/[email protected],
MEDIA:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
What Will You Do For Native Peoples Today?
We here at A.I.I. Fight the Injustices Perpetrated Against
Our North American Indigenous Peoples Everyday.
Leonard Peltier Should Be a Free American Indian,
Instead of A Political Prisoner Of The BIA & FBI!
Please Find & Support Your Local AIM Chapter.
Join and See What We Can Do To Make A Positive Change For Our Native Brother's And Sister's.
Weli Kishku(it is a good day)
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DO NOT LET THIS INNOCENT MAN
DIE IN PRISON!
MY LETTER IS BELOW THIS ARTICLE!
July 7th, 2005
FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE********************************
LEONARD PELTIER DENIED BASIC RIGHTS-UN, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS INTERVENTION SOUGHT
After learning that at the sixth day of his solitary confinement, Leonard Peltier is being denied phone privileges, religious rights, visitation privileges, cannot write out, cannot even breathe fresh air, and is running out of medication, his Defense Committee has launched a national and international campaign asking human rights bodies and advocates to intervene on his behalf. Leonard Peltier is an internationally known Native American political prisoner who has been incarcerated in the United States for almost thirty years for defending his people on sovereign Indian land. His conviction came about as a result of well known, and proven, outrageous government misconduct in which documents were withheld, witnesses intimidated, and false testimony was allowed as evidence, among many other irregularities.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC) with the invaluable help of the International Indian Treaty Council (an organization working for protection of the sovereignty and human rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas and the Pacific) has appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, its Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights, The Special Representatives of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders, members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues, the National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition, the Office of Multi-Lateral Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States State Department, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, among others. They are asking for urgent assistance in response to the new crisis situation, which has further violated Peltier's rights and is currently threatening his health.
Last Thursday, June 30th, in a move that Russell Redner, Executive Director of the LPDC, describes as "extraordinary domestic rendition", Mr. Peltier was transferred without notice to his attorneys or his family from the United States Federal Prison at Leavenworth Kansas to the United States Federal Prison at Terre Haute Indiana. He is arbitrarily being held there in solitary confinement indefinitely with the resulting suspension of all his prisoner privileges and basic human rights. He was a well-respected model prisoner at Leavenworth, he is an elder, has many serious health problems, and poses no threat to the system. "There is no real basis for subjecting him to this kind of treatment" affirms Barry Bachrach, his lead counsel.
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) had already submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions in 2004 regarding Peltier's wrongly obtained conviction and imprisonment. In yesterday's communication, IITC urges the U.N. Group to exercise its mandate and visit Mr. Peltier in prison.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
RUSS REDNER, LPDC DIRECTOR, 866-534-6151 (TOLL FREE)
BARRY BACHRACH, LPDC ATTORNEY, 508-926-3403
ALBERTO SALDAMANDO, IITC GENERAL COUNSEL, 415-641-4482
Dear Official,
It is Bad enough that Leonard Peltier (an Innocent Man) is
rotting away in your Federal Prison System. But now You Transfer him to the
Terra Haute` Federal Prison for no other reason than to Harrass an
American Indian Hero!
Not only am I sending this letter to my U.S. Representative, but I am also
sending it to EVERY Media outlet I can muster to find. This out and out RACIST,
UNDERHANDED & MALICIOUS ACT of keeping my Native Brother, Leonard Peltier
in Solitary Confinement is an Afront to ALL Human Kind.
On a personal note: What do you and the FBI think you have accomplished? Well,
I'll tell you. You managed to bolster the Resolve of Every American Indian Living
around the World. You have Managed to Produce mixed bloods like me who are taking up the fight for ALL of our Native Peoples!
We are Reconnecting with our People! We are Joining Our Brothers & Sisters in AIM and we are making a Stand Against the Most RACIST & UNDERHANDED Government in the World, The United States of Amerikkka!
No Matter how hard you try, WE WILL NOT GO AWAY!
I Promise You This!
If Leonard Peltier Dies Within the Walls of YOUR U.S. Prisons, I & many others ( Native & Non-Native) WILL make it OUR Lifes work to see that ANY of the Officials Responsible Pay for Their Crimes Against this Innocent Man in either the Criminal or Civil Courts.
Unlike You, the FBI & the BIA; We Will Do It Legally!
With Utmost Disgust & Contempt For The U.S. Legal System,
THOMAS GREYWOLF ATKINS
Chickahominy/Mattaponi/U.S.CITIZEN
(p.s. Just thought I'd print big so you
wouldn't mistake my name)
Leonard Needs Your Help Now!
Please Contact the following people,
just copy & paste the addresses below
into the BCC line & your address in the TO line:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], THA/[email protected],
MEDIA:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
What Will You Do For Native Peoples Today?
We here at A.I.I. Fight the Injustices Perpetrated Against
Our North American Indigenous Peoples Everyday.
Leonard Peltier Should Be a Free American Indian,
Instead of A Political Prisoner Of The BIA & FBI!
Please Find & Support Your Local AIM Chapter.
Join and See What We Can Do To Make A Positive Change For Our Native Brother's And Sister's.
Weli Kishku(it is a good day)
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