Dear Water Protectors, Relatives and Friends: Let me introduce myself. My name is Jean Roach, of the Mnicoujou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. I am a board member of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC). I am also a...
[gview file=”http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/Ryan.pdf” height=”800px” save=”1″] Also read the press release issued by Amnesty International-USA here.
In a show of support for his clemency, we will be doing readings from Leonard Pelttier’s Prison Writings. Event date: Saturday, January 14, 2017 Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m. Where: Orca Books, 509 E. 4th Avenue, Olympia, WA 98501
Former U.S. prosecutor of Leonard Peltier has written President Obama requesting clemency for the aging Native American activist. Ottawa (06 Jan. 2017) — The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is welcoming a senior U.S. attorney’s request to...
The movement pushing President Barack Obama to offer clemency to Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier has a new ally – a former U.S. prosecutor close to the case. Seán Kinane reports, in the closing weeks of the Obama administration supporters of the former...
‘When I look at Leonard Peltier’s case I can almost see myself’ – Albert Woodfox Obama has only a fortnight to grant clemency for Peltier on ‘humanitarian grounds and in the interests of justice’ Albert Woodfox, the African American man who was released from...
Native American activists are making a final push to urge President Obama to grant executive clemency to activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier was convicted of killing two agents in a shootout between the FBI and the American Indian Movement (AIM) activists during the...
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – As the clock ticks down toward the end of the Obama administration, advocates are stepping up efforts to secure clemency for Leonard Peltier. Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist, was convicted 41 years ago in connection...
In a “truly extraordinary” and evidently unprecedented act, a former prosecutor of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, now 72, ill, and in his 41st year in prison for a shooting he has unceasingly denied committing, has joined the decades-long...
Let Leonard Peltier Go Free Interview with a Native American Seeking Clemency After 41 Years Behind Bars By Kevin McKiernan I don’t know which Native Americans killed FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams in the notorious 1975 shootout in Oglala, South Dakota. Nor...
An open letter to Obama, penned by US attorney involved in the case against the Native American activist, is a stunning development in his bid for freedom A senior US attorney who was involved in the prosecution of Native American activist Leonard Peltier has...
The U.S. Attorney whose office prosecuted Native American activist Leonard Peltier 40 years ago wrote to President Obama just before Christmas to support the aging prisoner’s bid for clemency. James Reynolds, the former U.S. Attorney in Iowa, contacted the White House...
[gview file=”http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/pressrelease20170103.pdf” height=”800px” save=”1″] CALL TO ACTION: Peltier supporters are asked to please send thank you cards and letters to Mr. Reynolds....
On December 9, 2016, a statue of Leonard Peltier by the artist Rigo 23, was installed on the American University campus in Washington, DC. Beginning this week, a spate of blog posts began to surface—all critical of AU’s exhibition of the statue. The headlines...
