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Canada satisfied Peltier extradited on solid evidence despite new findings
STEPHEN THORNE
Vancouver Sun

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada is satisfied a native-rights activist was not extradited on falsified evidence in 1976, regardless of a report to the contrary by a former Quebec judge, says the justice minister's office.
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WATCH FOR NEWS FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER RALLIES!! NEW YORK Clemency for AIM Activist Leonard Peltier - Photos                 by Patty Heffley 7:13pm Sun Dec 10 '00    From Union Square to the United Nations, people of conscience   demand clemency for American Indian Movement (AIM) Activist Leonard Peltier.      -=<+>=- Clemency for Peltier    Published on 12/11/2000   Members of an Aztec dance group perform Sunday at a rally in New York on behalf of Leonard Peltier, the imprisoned American Indian activist. President Clinton plans to review a clemency request by Peltier, who was convicted of murdering two FBI agents in South Dakota. -==<+>==- Hundreds march for Peltier's release  BY JODI RAVE LEE  Lincoln Journal Star NEW YORK - The theft of a pair of cowboy boots led two FBI agents to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - and their death - a quarter century ago. On Sunday, hundreds from across the country rallied here for the release of the Native activist found guilty of those murders. Last month, President Clinton ignited hope among Leonard Peltier supporters after announcing he would review the American Indian Movement leader's clemency application. Clinton has less than 40 days to make a decision before leaving office.  "This could be a very human act for which he will be remembered," said Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild. "It's a small window of opportunity."  Boghosian united with hundreds in a march from New York's Union Square to the United Nations building as the momentum for clemency swept people of all nations to the city streets, some joining a chorus of: "Freedom is in the air. Clemency for Peltier." Scores more carried signs bearing messages such as, "Begin Native Reconciliation, Free Peltier."  Forty-four New York police officers looked on as a contingent of Pine Ridge, S.D., residents led the march. .. READ THE STORY... -=<+>=- Four Protesters Arrested In March to Free Activist ........SNIPPED Yesterday, some 2,000 people marched from Union Square to the United Nations to support Peltier's appeal, according to activist Tyler Huff, who was among them. It was a peaceful march, Huff said, but police moved into the crowd and arrested four protesters. "The police were simply showing their force," Huff said. "It seems like they targeted a small group," added Marina Sitrin of the New York Law Collective. "I think they're trying to send a message to protesters to silence dissent." Sgt. James Foley, a police spokeman, said four people were charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration. He identified those arrested as Andrew Weeks, 19; Ryan Fletcher, 20; Sylvia Holmes, 25; and Penelope Waite, 17. Their addresses were not available and Foley did not know the details of the arrests... READ THE  STORY... MINNEAPOLIS 250 march to urge Clinton to grant Leonard Peltier clemency... READ THE STORY... CINNCINNATI ONLINE PHOTOS PRAGUE Preliminary report on the Clemency March held in Czechoslovakiatoday from Bushka via Wild Horse.... Dear Wild Horse,  Our Peltier's March had an unexpected success. Czech TV3 - one of the main private TV stations covering the major part of CR transmitted in its Prime News a very good reportage from the event (2 minutes) including the main factual info about the case, Leonard's portraits and paintings, presenting the case as a flagrant example of US injustice and putting it into the context of the US elections and speaking about your petition and the New York March.. READ THE REPORT... TORONTO NEWS EXTRADITION BASED ON FALSE EVIDENCE.. READ THE STORY... EARLIER PELTIER ARTICLES

I thank the readers of this service for some good response, and I want to continue the discussion of the debates in Geneva to debrief people on what I saw.  There will be a great deal of opinion to try to focus on the issues.
I went to Geneva a second time this year because I wanted to know what was going on.  Unfortunately, reporting has been irregular and it has been hard to follow the debates.  I have also felt some frustration because while there seems to be a lot of interest for two weeks during the year, I see little discussion of the Declaration during the rest of the year. 

This will be an overview of ten subject areas.  They are:

1.  Where are we in the process?
Given years of study, debate and frustrating discussion, where is the UN in the adoption process?

2.  Customary UN practice
The U.S. delegation and the chair told us about some things that are 
obviously customary UN practice.  What is it?

3.   State approaches
What kind of approaches are the states taking during the debates?  Do they represent a considered study and plan, or are they only gut reactions?

4.  Indigenous Delegation complaints
What complaints are being aired about the process?

5.  State complaints
What are the state delegations saying about the Indigenous Delegations by way of complaint?

6.  Is the process working?
What is necessary to remove the impediments to action?

7.  Work at home
The state representatives in Geneva have their instructions from home, so obviously, we are going to have to concentrate our efforts at home.  How might we do that?

8.  The U.S. State Department position
Some discussion of articulated State Department views during private talks.

9.   Reviving an old proposal
Is there an alternative to the UN process in doing something about an
international statement of indigenous human rights?

10.   Positive results
Despite disappointment and delay, there are some positive features to a great deal of hard work the Indigenous Delegations have done in Geneva.

I thank my wife, Elsie RedBird, and Paul Chartrand for their suggestion that something should be written about the 2000 working group talks in Geneva. 
Rather than write some academic paper which would have limited circulation, I thought the most effective means of promoting discussion would be to post to Netwarriors.
For those who don't know me, I am a 1969 graduate of Catholic University Law School, where I studied international law, and I have been in the practice of law for about 31 years. 

James W. Zion 
Navajo Working Group

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MEDIA ADVISORY BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO HOLD HISTORIC SIGNING:   1st Government-to-Government Consultation Policy to be signed The Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold a historic signing ceremony to formalizeconsultation procedures for the agency, as to agency actions effecting the 558 federally recognized tribes... READ THE RELEASE...

2 FBI agents’ killer focus of vigil
Oklahoman
12/09/2000 
By Robert Medley

Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 shooting deaths of two -FBI agents in South Dakota, will be the focus of a vigil, discussion and film screening in Oklahoma City on Sunday.
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An International Human Rights Day event at 3 p.m. Sunday highlighting the Peltier case will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 127 NW 7...
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Buried Secrets? Halls of Justice: {..}
ABCNEWS.COM
PELTIER CLEMENCY BID IGNITES FBI FEARS
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Leonard Peltier is the American Indian Movement leader who’s been locked up ever since his conviction for the murders of two FBI agents at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, in 1975.
    During that time he has managed to convince a huge constituency that he is innocent and was railroaded by corrupt government agents.
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From: "LPDC" <lpdc@idir.net>
Dear Friends,
Below is the promised sample letter to the editor which you can use to respond to any news coverage of FBI director Louis Freeh's statement.
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Clinton Faces Intense Views on Clemency in F.B.I. Case
By DAVID JOHNSTON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — President Clinton's willingness to reconsider the life sentences given to Leonard Peltier for the killings of two F.B.I. agents more than two decades ago has provoked an intense lobbying campaign by Mr. Peltier's defenders and a powerful opponent, director Louis J. Freeh of the F.B.I.
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 "President urged not to commute Peltier's sentence" 
By: PETE YOST / AP Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "In a pointed plea, FBI Director Louis Freeh is urging President Clinton not to commute the life prison term of an American Indian activist serving a life term for killing two FBIs agents.
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Letter that Louis Freeh wrote to 
the President, Janet Reno, and Henry Hyde

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Reno Unhappy With Peltier Case 
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, 
Associated Press Writer 
FBI spokesman John Collingwood had no comment on Reno's remarks.......
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A rebuttal by Michael Eckhardt: response to FBI letter
Leonard Peltier: Pain & Loss Enough from Koga Suyeta

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URGENT PELTIER ACTION {excerpted}

~Keep an eye on your newspapers and TV news broadcasts, and prepare to respond. We will release a sample letter to the editor tomorrow so that supporters can respond to any news papers who print the article.  With your letter to the editor, send a copy of the "ethics complaint" filed against the FBI with Janet Reno.

 If your local news channel covers the story, please let us know what the station is, so that we can contact them.
AP Story:
[NativeNews] Hyde Opposes Clemency for FBI Agent Killer Leonard Peltier

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