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<div align="center"><font size=3><i>Leonard Peltier Defense Offense
Committee</i> October 8, 2009 <br>
Obama, Congress, and the UN<br>
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Obama, Congress, and the UN<br><br>
Thank you all for the overwhelming response to our raffle. We exceeded
our fundraising goals and identified supporters in key strategic states
and legislative districts. Unfortunately, there could be only one lucky
winner, Peggy Harman of New Mexico. Congratulations, Peggy, and better
luck next time for everyone else.<br><br>
As most of you know, Leonard Peltier’s fate is now in the hands of
President Obama. While many of us hoped that his vision of change
included the release of political prisoners and more just policies in
Indian Country, there is no evidence to suggest anything of the sort.
President Obama and Attorney General Holder have ruled out a meeting with
the LPDOC and ignored a weeklong fast by former support group coordinator
Ben Carnes, not to mention executive director Betty Peltier-Solano’s
chaining herself to the White House fence. At the United Nations
recently, we had meetings scheduled with two world leaders that somehow
failed to materialize, perhaps due to pressure from the U.S.
government.<br><br>
Nevertheless, we know we have support around the world, and we will
continue to reach out to nations in the Americas in particular to stand
up for human rights in the United States, which once was a leader in the
fight for international standards the U.S. now says do not apply to it.
We have proposed a UN General Assembly resolution calling on President
Obama to free Peltier, for which we will continue to seek a national
sponsor. If you are an international supporter, please write to your
leaders and ask them to publicly support clemency for Leonard
Peltier.<br><br>
In the United States we are beginning a grassroots campaign to persuade
members of congress to propose a resolution calling on Barack Obama to
grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. Please write to your congressional
representatives in the next few days, and be sure to send us a copy of
the reply letters so we can figure out where they stand and how we can
respond. Of the dozens of legislators that have supported Leonard in the
past, there are 12 still in office. If any of the following are your
representatives, please send us your name, address, phone and email
information so we can coordinate a grassroots effort in your
area.<br><br>
Edward Markey<br><br>
William Clay<br><br>
Pete Stark<br><br>
Daniel Inouye<br><br>
John Conyers<br><br>
Neil Abercrombie<br><br>
Nancy Pelosi<br><br>
Alice Hastings<br><br>
Carolyn Maloney<br><br>
Xavier Becera<br><br>
John Lewis<br><br>
Barney Frank<br><br>
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Leonard must not die in prison.<br><br>
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee<br><br>
contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info<br><br>
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