And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Date: Tuesday 30 March 1999 07:59:25
From: Harold P. Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: KOLA International Campaign Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Peltier appeal from Chris Mc Cormick
Mar 30, 1999
Dear Elsie:
Chris Mc Cormick (AIAI, Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians --London
Ontario Canada (519)434-2761 voice) phoned me promoting lobbying on behalf
of Leonard Peltier. He had earlier sent a Fax copy on Mar 24 of a letter
to Anne McLellan which I have OCRed and edited as below. I have removed a
few references which Chris had attached to his Fax. I am sure Mc Lellan
will have them by now!
What follows is an electronic copy which can be printed and sent with the
addition of a date and senders name and address. Alternatively the reader
may want to paste it into their own wordprocessor with their own letterhead
in which case they may edit it according to their own preference.
You may wish to forward this with your own appeal to your list of Peltier
suporters.
Here are other addresses for the Minister.
Telephone: (613) 992-4524
Fax: (613) 996-4516
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sincerely,
Harold.
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Date
Honorable Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Room 314, West Block
Ottawa, Ontario
KIA 0A6
Dear Madame Minister:
I am writing to seek your support and intervention of behalf on Mr.
Leonard Peltier who has been incarcerated at Leavenworth Penitentiary since
1976. Mr. Peltier was extradited from Canada in 1976 on the basis of a
United States affidavit that was later found to be fraudulent.
On the basis of a 1995 review and assessment of Mr. Peltier�s file
sanctioned by then Minister of Justice Alan Rock and completed by Mr.
Warren Allmand, current President of the International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development and Minister of Indian Affairs at the
time of Mr. Peltier's incarceration, it was concluded that with the
exception of the fraudulent affidavit, there was no other evidence to
support extradition. Despite the evidence and the efforts of many
interested parties over the past number of years, Mr. Peltier remains
incarcerated in the United States rather than being transferred back to
Canada, as justice would dictate. Furthermore, Mr. Peltier is being denied
medical treatment and, as a result, remains in constant pain, unable to
chew his food.
Madame Minister, this letter is being written at this time because you
have recently been presented with an opportunity to exercise the necessary
leverage to secure justice for Mr. Peltier. That leverage comes in the form
of a request by US authorities for the extradition of two US fugitives,
Alif Rafay and Glen Burns. The case of Mr. Rafay and Mr. Burns has been
heard by the Supreme Court of Canada which is considering whether to
release Mr. Rafay and Mr. Burns to US authorities on the basis that
assurances be obtained that the death penalty will not be sought against
them. It is my proposal that, provided the Supreme Court of Canada rules in
favour of a release of Mr. Burns and Mr. Rafay, the release be made
conditional on the return to Canada of Mr. Peltier.
Madame Minister I sincerely hope that you will find the courage to
take this position on behalf of Mr, Peltier and on behalf of the Native
People in Canada and the United States.
Yours truly,
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Harold P. Koehler, 43 Napoleon Drive, London ON N5V 4A8 CANADA
E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home page http://www.execulink.com/~hkoehler/index.htm
Sacred Assembly '97 http://www.execulink.com/~hkoehler/sacred97/
Voice (519)453-5452, Fax 453-3676
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