Activists Around Country Fast As Leonard Peltier Endures His 30th Year in
Prison
For immediate release: October 2, 2006
For more information: Ted Glick, 973-338-5398, Toni Zeidan,
LPDC-915-533-6655
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee in collaboration with the Peoples Fast for Justice announced today that people from around the country are and will be fasting for Leonard's freedom and for an end to the celebration of Oct 12th as Columbus Day. The fast began on October 1st and will go until October 12th.
These 12 day fasts in October have been happening since 1992. Some of those participating in this year's fast have been part of it each year since 1992.
Toni Zeidan,Co-Director of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, explained that, "When we deprive our bodies of food we do not just carry out an action of solidarity with Leonard Peltier, deprived of freedom, but we also elevate our spirits, unify our minds and bodies, and strengthen our prayers."
In 1976 Peltier was unjustly convicted before an all-white jury in North Dakota of the killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 26, 1975. On October 15, 1985 the government admitted in open court that they did not have proof of who killed their agents. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has since said that "the prosecution of Mr.Peltier is to be
condemned; they [the prosecution] withheld evidence and coerced testimony.
These facts are undisputed."
Participants in the fast include: Tanya Aghazarian, Napa, Ca., Suskol Inter-Tribal Council; Adrienne Maree Brown, Ruckus Society; Rainbow Casey, Desert Hot Spring, Ca.; Ted Glick, Bloomfield, N.J., Peoples Fast for Justice; Mimi Goodwin, Sitka, Alaska; Lisa Jones, Port Orange, Fl.; Esperanza Martell, N.Y., N.Y., Iglesia San Romero de las Americas; Onaje Muid, Englewood, N.J., Peoples Organization for Progress; Michael Novick, Los Angeles, Ca., Anti-Racist Action; Native American Indian Center,Columbus, Oh.; Elizabeth Shanklin, Bronx, N.Y.; Patricia "Tuffy" St. Peter, California; Mark Stansbery, Columbus, Oh.; Diane Thomas, Bay Area, Ca.; Jennifer Tippetts, Columbia, Md.; Vanessa Tricoche, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Toni Zeidan, Co-Director, Leonard Pelter Defense Committee. Organizations are listed for identification purposes.
For additional information contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee at
info@leonardpeltier.net
Prison
For immediate release: October 2, 2006
For more information: Ted Glick, 973-338-5398, Toni Zeidan,
LPDC-915-533-6655
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee in collaboration with the Peoples Fast for Justice announced today that people from around the country are and will be fasting for Leonard's freedom and for an end to the celebration of Oct 12th as Columbus Day. The fast began on October 1st and will go until October 12th.
These 12 day fasts in October have been happening since 1992. Some of those participating in this year's fast have been part of it each year since 1992.
Toni Zeidan,Co-Director of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, explained that, "When we deprive our bodies of food we do not just carry out an action of solidarity with Leonard Peltier, deprived of freedom, but we also elevate our spirits, unify our minds and bodies, and strengthen our prayers."
In 1976 Peltier was unjustly convicted before an all-white jury in North Dakota of the killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 26, 1975. On October 15, 1985 the government admitted in open court that they did not have proof of who killed their agents. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has since said that "the prosecution of Mr.Peltier is to be
condemned; they [the prosecution] withheld evidence and coerced testimony.
These facts are undisputed."
Participants in the fast include: Tanya Aghazarian, Napa, Ca., Suskol Inter-Tribal Council; Adrienne Maree Brown, Ruckus Society; Rainbow Casey, Desert Hot Spring, Ca.; Ted Glick, Bloomfield, N.J., Peoples Fast for Justice; Mimi Goodwin, Sitka, Alaska; Lisa Jones, Port Orange, Fl.; Esperanza Martell, N.Y., N.Y., Iglesia San Romero de las Americas; Onaje Muid, Englewood, N.J., Peoples Organization for Progress; Michael Novick, Los Angeles, Ca., Anti-Racist Action; Native American Indian Center,Columbus, Oh.; Elizabeth Shanklin, Bronx, N.Y.; Patricia "Tuffy" St. Peter, California; Mark Stansbery, Columbus, Oh.; Diane Thomas, Bay Area, Ca.; Jennifer Tippetts, Columbia, Md.; Vanessa Tricoche, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Toni Zeidan, Co-Director, Leonard Pelter Defense Committee. Organizations are listed for identification purposes.
For additional information contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee at
info@leonardpeltier.net
or Peoples Fast for Justice at indpol@igc.org.
In Solidarity,
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
posted by Leonard @ 8:18 PM
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