Call on Obama to free Leonard Peltier!

(Artwork by Leonard Peltier available for purchase to support his campaign, Obama header by Ryan Red Corn of Red Hand Media, Inc)

Leonard Peltier ( from Friends of Peltier )

An innocent man, Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 and has served over 30 years in federal prison despite proof that he was convicted on the basis of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coerced testimony. Learn more about Leonard’s case by watching the film Incident at Oglala-download the torrent here.( or watch it on google video here)

Most recently an urgent call from the Friends of Peltier has gone out to protect Peltier’s safety in prison as he was assaulted by other inmates in a transfer to Canaan Federal Penitentiary. The organization is concerned the attack comes at the prompting of the FBI to mar Peltier’s upcoming parole hearing.

So if it is truly a time of hope and change then Obama will honour the name given to him by his adopted Native American family, ”Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuxshish” the name translates as: “One Who Helps People Throughout This Land.”

Please write the President, send it priority or registered mail. Call your congressional representatives and write letters, not email, to them. Do what you can to get the word out to insure that LP is receiving adequate medical attention for his injuries. Also call and request Leonard be treated with dignity and respect.

Canaan Federal Prison 570-488-8000 

Ask President Obama to investigate. Also urge Obama to immediately grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

You can also call or write to the President:

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461

Express your outrage at the irresponsibility of BOP personnel in failing to provide for the safety of Leonard Peltier. 

Warden Ronnie R. Holt, Warden USP-Canaan U.S. Penitentiary

3057 Easton Turnpike, Waymart, PA 18472

Phone: 570-488-8000 Fax: 570-488-8130<br>

E-mail address: CAA/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV

 

D. Scott Dodrill, Director, Northeast Regional Office, Federal Bureau of Prisons

2nd &amp; Chesnut Streets., 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Phone: 215-521-7301 E-mail: NERO/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV

 

Harley G. Lappin, Director, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice

320 First Street, NW, Room 654, Washington, DC 20534

Phone: 202-307-3250 Fax: 202-514-6878

Time to set him free… Because it is the RIGHT thing to do

Forwarded on behalf of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee