Leonard Peltier Denied Clemency Or Commutation By Obama

19 January 2017

 - Indigenous U.S. political prisoner Leonard Peltier was denied clemency by President Barack Obama last night, 19 January. Peltier has been imprisoned for over 40 years in U.S. federal prisons. He suffers from a number of severe, life-threatening health conditions. He is one of the longest-serving political prisoners in U.S. jails.

We urge all to continue to take action to support clemency and commutation for U.S. political prisoners, including Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Veronza Bowers and the Holy Land Foundation 5 (Mufid Abdulqader, Shukri Baker, Ghassan Elashi, Mohammad El-Mezain, and Abdulrahman Odeh.)

Below is the re-published statement of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, with a powerful quote from Leonard and a call to write letters of support and solidarity to him.