And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:51:19 -0800 (PST) >From: John Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: wy430@vtn1 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Parole Granted! Wolverine to be released (fwd) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >please >distribute widely > >PUBLIC PRESSURE PERSUADES BC PAROLE BOARD TO FREE WOLVERINE! >January 13, 1998 Vancouver BC > >Ts'peten Defence Committee is reporting that Wolverine, the 67 year old >Shuswap traditionalist being held as a political prisoner by the BC and >Canadian authorities, has been granted parole. Wolverine, aka William >Jones Ignace was sentenced to eight and a half years for his part in an >armed defence of sacred, unceded Shuswap burial and Sundance grounds, >after a local rancher attempted to evict the Ts'peten Sundance Camp near >the BC Interior town of 100 Mile House in the summer of 1995. > >The BC and Canadian authorities responded by mounting the largest >paramilitary operation in Canadian history, against the defiant resistors. >The ensuing coverup of the massive force employed, the role of provincial >and federal politicians, and the outrageous and grotesque legal >proceedings that followed, have led to a growing call domestically and >internationally for a full and open public inquiry into "all aspects of >the Gustafsen Lake matter. > >Spokespersons with the Ts'peten Defence Committee and Free the Wolverine >Campaign, attributed the granting of parole to the mounting pressure for >the public inquiry and the hope that freeing Wolverine might help to >diffuse this pressure. Wolverine will likely be released in 8 - 10 days. >MANY THANKS TO ALL FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF WOLVERINE, THE TS'PETEN >DEFENDERS AND INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY! PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE >FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY BY SIGNING THE ONLINE PETITION: > >http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/support.html >http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html > >Letters of support can be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] solidarity >greeting and congratulations to Wolverine will be forwarded. > >"For every one that goes down ten more will rise up" > Wolverine, Gustafsen Lake 1995 >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
