FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04 November 2011 During its annual conference this week in Portland, Oregon, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) unanimously passed a resolution in support of freedom for Leonard Peltier. An innocent man, Native American activist...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03 August 2011 Indigenous and human rights activists will gather in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, on August 7 to call for the freedom of Leonard Peltier. A rally is scheduled for Sunday at the corner of Route 15 and William Penn Drive beginning...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01 August 2011 It is estimated that a minimum of 20,000 prisoners in the United States are kept in solitary confinement. Experts say that number is growing. “At what cost? Solitary units cost almost three times more to build. Housing...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 In November 2010, before the United Nations Working Group for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, U.S. State Department representatives spoke specifically of the U.S. Constitution and the protections afforded to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 November 2010 “A man dies from prostate cancer every 16 minutes in this country. Why does my brother have to wait over a year to receive even a diagnosis?” Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who maintains his innocence, was...