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"Hundreds of supporters of incarcerated Native American rights activist Leonard
Peltier rallied at the nation’s capital on Sunday to demand President Joe Biden
grant clemency to the long-held prisoner.
“He’s 78-years-old, he has type 2 diabetes and an abdominal aortic aneurysm
that’s fatal if it ruptures. He had a stroke where he lost 80 percent of the
vision in one of his eyes,” Rachel Thunder, one of the organizers for the
rally, told Shadowproof. “He should be spending the remainder of his life with
his family, not locked up in a cage.”
Thunder was one of many Peltier supporters who walked across the country to
raise awareness of his incarceration as part of a national ‘Walk To Justice’
that began earlier this year. The march started on September 1 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota and took nearly three months to complete. Participants covered over
1,100 miles before arriving at their final destination of Washington, D.C on
November 13.
This public spectacle by Peltier’s supporters is just the latest development in
an half century-long international campaign advocating for his release. Nelson
Mandela, The Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, Desmond Tutu, and Mother Teresa are
among the figures who have petitioned for Peltier’s freedom throughout his 47
years of imprisonment."
Via Doug Senko, who wrote "Here’s something you didn’t hear about in the MSM."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
