---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:29:07 -0500 From: LPDC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Call for Peltier's Parole: Press Conference Friends, Below is a press advisory for a Washington DC press conference that will be held this Wednesday, May 17th to call for Leonard Peltier's release through parole. The press conference will occur just hours before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus hold a briefing on the Peltier case. Please forward this information to your local media sources. Thank you. In solidarity, the LPDC Press Conference to Call for Leonard Peltier's Parole 12 May 14:30 Press Conference to Call for Leonard Peltier's Parole Contact: Pat Davis of Leonard Peltier Justice Coalition, 202-518-7781 News Advisory: Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu will join acclaimed author Peter Matthiessen, Amnesty International representatives and Ernie Stevens of the National Congress of American Indians to press the United States government to grant parole and/or clemency in the case of Leonard Peltier. They will speak at a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, at the Washington, D.C. offices of Amnesty International, 600 Pennsylvania, SE Washington D.C. Peltier is a Native American leader who has been incarcerated in the United States for 24 years, following his highly controversial conviction for the murder of two FBI agents. Despite disturbing evidence of FBI misconduct in the case, including the coercion of witnesses, the intentional use of false evidence and the concealment of a key ballistics test reflecting his innocence, Peltier has been denied a new trial and is long overdue for parole. He has been recognized by numerous human rights organizations, religious leaders and Nobel laureates as one of the United States' few political prisoners. Domestic and international pressure is mounting for his immediate and unconditional release. The press conference will be followed by a congressional briefing from 2-4 p.m., May 17, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358, sponsored by the offices of U.S. Rep. John Porter (R-Ill.), co-chairperson of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. The witnesses will include survivors of the Pine Ridge Reservation "Reign of Terror," which took place from 1973-1976. During this period 64 Native American members and supporters of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, were murdered on the reservation. Despite a massive FBI presence at the time, there was no adequate investigation and no charges were ever brought for these killings. Menchu and Native American leaders from the United States will also speak on the case. Call the White House Comments Line Today Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111 Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 www.freepeltier.org To subscribe, send a blank message to < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your email address, send a message to < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with your old address in the Subject line ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your email address, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your old address in the Subject: line
