Early this year I filed a petition for clemency and an application for compassionate release to President Barack Obama for the release of Leonard Peltier. Mr. Peltier, now aged 72, has now served nearly 41 hard years, six in solitary confinement. Unless President...
Video Public Service Announcements Dear Friends, Leonard Peltier has languished in prison for forty years for a crime that the evidence shows he could not have committed. He was prosecuted in connection with deaths during a shoot out where two FBI agents and an...
WASHINGTON – To mark his 72nd birthday today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a new video urging President Obama to grant clemency to Anishinabe-Lakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier before leaving office. The video highlights Amnesty...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2016 MEDIA CONTACT: Nidya Sarria, nsarria@aiusa.org Amnesty International USA Urges President Obama to Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier With New Advocacy Video (WASHINGTON, DC) – To mark his 72nd birthday today, Amnesty...
