UPDATE DEC 10, 2000
| WATCH FOR NEWS FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER RALLIES!!
MINNEAPOLIS
250 march to urge Clinton to grant Leonard Peltier
clemency...
READ
THE STORY...
CINNCINNATI
ONLINE
PHOTOS
  
Preliminary report on the Clemency
March held in Czechoslovakia
today
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... |
DISCUSSION ON THE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS WORKING GROUP
GENEVA
FROM
James W. Zion
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
-<+>-
RELATED
NEWS ARTICLES
UNITED NATIONS
SUBSCRIBE
NETWARRIOR LIST
{type "SUBSCRIBE warriornet" in the body of
the message without the quotes}
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... |
LEONARD PELTIER
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.
..........
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...
READ
THE STORY...
-==<+>==-
Buried Secrets? Halls of Justice: {..}
ABCNEWS.COM
PELTIER CLEMENCY BID IGNITES FBI FEARS
..............
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.
READ
THE STORY...
UPDATES DEC 8, 2000
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.
READ
THE REST...
RELATED WEB SITES:
LPDC WEB SITE
COINTELPRO 90S AND BEYOND
-=<+>=-
Clinton Faces Intense Views on Clemency in F.B.I. Case
By DAVID JOHNSTON
ASHINGTON, 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.
READ
THE STORY...
-=<+>=-
"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.
READ
THE STORY
Letter that
Louis Freeh wrote to
the President, Janet Reno, and Henry Hyde
-=<+>=-
Reno Unhappy With Peltier Case
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN,
Associated Press Writer
FBI spokesman John Collingwood had no comment on Reno's
remarks.......
READ
THE STORY.....
-==<+>==-
A
rebuttal by Michael Eckhardt: response to FBI letter
Leonard
Peltier: Pain & Loss Enough from Koga Suyeta
-==<+>==-
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
FRONT PAGE DEC 9, 2000
Counter by Rapid Axcess
From the
Staff Native News
SEASON GIFTING...
It is that time of year again when we begin to think
of winter cold and those in need. For many of our Elders and children
it is a time without the basic necessities, for others it is a struggle
day to day with nothing left for any amenities whatsoever. Helping hands
list...
HEATING FUND
Emergency heating funds....the weather has turned
sharply colder and it appears that it will be a much colder winter than
the last few we have experienced creating an incredible hardship for many.
Checks and money orders sent to the Grass Roots Oglala
Lakota Oyate will be distributed (or paid on account) for those in need
of heating assistance. In effect we will be creating a "voucher"
system. Your donation may be of any amount and several put together
to meet minimums necessary for orders.
|
|
