LEONARD PELTIER HEALTH CRISIS

Leonard Peltier Health Alert Action this week

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!

Leonard Peltier has been diagnosed with an Abdominal Aortic Aneurism. This is very dangerous because if it bursts, he could bleed to death. We need the help of all his supporters as he is being slowly executed from medical neglect. The FBI framed him on manufactured evidence in retaliation for his opposition to Uranium mining on the Pine Ridge reservation. If he lives until February 6^th, 2016, he will have served 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He is being kept in a maximum security facility in Coleman Florida, where frequent lock downs have kept him from receiving the medical care that is his basic human right. 

Leonard is 71 years old and has multiple health problems. He desperately needs to be transferred to a medium security facility, but more urgently he needs surgery for his condition and a good surgeon. 

“We would expect the Bureau of Prison to act with utmost urgency, but have long ago learned not to get our hopes up for speedy action. The last time I visited Leonard was June 2015. During our visit Leonard put his hand on his abdomen and said ‘I know something is wrong in here.’ He then went on to describe symptoms of this condition. Leonard had described his illness to the medical staff at Coleman USP I prior to June 2015.” --  Peter Clark, co-chairman of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.

If you have ever supported Leonard Peltier, we need you to voice your concern this week about his lack of adequate medical treatment. Let the Bureau of Prisons know that a world of concerned citizens is watching and we will not tolerate Leonard’s death by medical neglect. Please write, fax a letter or make a call this week.

Please contact the Federal Bureau of Prisons and make reference to Leonard Peltier #89637-132 and USP Coleman I Be respectful, but firm. The situation is life threatening.

To request a transfer to medium security in a location that will afford Leonard quality health care. 

Contact:

Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street., NW
Washington, DC 20534
Telephone:  (202) 307-3198

Warden Tamyra Jarvis

USP Coleman I

846 NE 54^th Terrace

Sumterville, FL  33521

Fax: 352-689-6012

Helen J. Marberry

RO Southeast Regional Office

3800 Camp Crk. Pk. SW

Bldg 2000

Atlanta, GA 30331

Fax: 678-686-1229

Federal Bureau of Prisons

320 First St., NW

Washington, DC 20534

Email: info@bop.gov

http://www.bop.gov/inmates/concerns.jsp

Or phone : (202) 307-3198

Keep calling the White House comments line and asking President Obama to grant Executive Clemency

(202) 456-1111

Please let the President know how important it is for him to act soon. Leonard’s life is in his hands.

More info:

contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info
www.whoisleonardpeltier.info

http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/leonard-peltiers-serious-illness-sparks-renewed-effort-for-presidential-clemency/

http://www.freepeltiernow.org/

September 2015 : A Month of Remembrance

September 2015

A Month of Remembrance

This month’s call to action is inspired by Joan Rodriguez --  @Joanie39 on twitter. Sadly, Joanie passed away last February, before seeing her tireless work to free political prisoner Leonard Peltier come to fruition. She shares a September birthday with Leonard, so it seems appropriate designate our September actions for Peltier a commemoration of her tireless work for his freedom.

If you used social media at all to follow indigenous issues online, you could not miss Joanie’s tremendous energy directed toward gaining freedom for Leonard. For well over 5 years, she took action daily, asking White House asking for Clemency for Leonard and other political prisoners through twitter and Facebook. She was relentless – like a force of nature.  Her constant dedication to indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice and human rights issues inspired many online activists to work a little longer, a litter harder and to speak out a little louder for a better world. 

Joanie led an exemplary life devoted to all forms of social justice activism.  She influenced hundreds of people without ever meeting them in person.  Her use of every form of communication available to her, demonstrated that ordinary citizens are capable of taking meaningful action to increase awareness and bring the issues that they are passionate about to the forefront of public discussion. Joanie always showed remarkable clarity and determination in everything she did online. She truly personified the spirit of indigenous resistance to cruel, arbitrary colonial authority. In her work for Peltier, she was a formidable force. If every person of conscience would do a small fraction of what Joanie did every day of her life, Leonard Peltier might very well be a free man today.

Please consider honoring Joanie’s memory by continuing the work that was so important to her. The best gift that Leonard can receive on his birthday is the hope and encouragement that he will one day be free.  Please send cards and letters letting Leonard know he is not forgotten. Write to him and tell him what you are doing on his behalf to help him win his freedom.  Make a commitment to keep him in your daily thoughts. 

 

Send birthday wishes, cards and letters to:

Leonard Peltier
#89637-132
USP Coleman I
P.O. Box 1033
Coleman, FL 33521

Presently, the only person who can grant Leonard Peltier his freedom is President Barack Obama. It is imperative to help him remember what he stood for before becoming President and to reach him on a human level.

We are calling on all Leonard’s supporters throughout the world to join efforts to make a stand for Leonard Peltier this month.  His life is in Barack Obama’s hands. Seven past administrations have failed to gather the courage to address the fabricated evidence and constitutional violations in his case. President Obama’s is Leonard’s last hope for freedom, so we must use all of our intelligence and creativity to find a way to reach him.

We encourage everyone to :

·        Raise awareness of Leonard’s case on social media, face-to-face and one-to-one by telling his story to friends, family, neighbors co-workers and everyone you meet

Information can be found at:

http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info

http://www.freepeltiernow.org/

http://users.skynet.be/kola/lpchrono.html

For the sake of your integrity, please make sure that the information you pass on is accurate and current.

·        Start or strengthen local campaigns for executive clemency

·        Make it a daily habit and include action for Peltier as part of your routine. After your morning coffee call.

·        CALL the White House comments line: 

1-202-456-1111 (Comment Line) or

1-202-456-1414 (White House switchboard)

·        EMAIL: 

Send an email to President Obama using this form:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments  

·        USE SOCIAL MEDIA: 

On your work break, post to Facebook or send tweets to

@POTUS @BarackObama @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept @LorettaLynch @MichelleObama

·        WRITE:

Compose and then post open letters to Obama on your Tumblr, blogs, and Facebook pages. Tell the President that you want him to review Leonard’s case and get back to you with his reason for taking or not action. Personalize your letters by including the reason why you are personally invested in seeing Leonard free.

·        SIGN and CIRCULATE Petitions:

Ask President Obama to use his presidential powers to release the documents that the FBI is withholding, to investigate the 69 murdered AIM activists from the COINTELPRO Era and to give Leonard’s request for clemency serious consideration.

·        Create new means of communication. Create art, poetry music and share it with your community.

With Joanie’s passing, we lost a great ally and a brave activist. If you remember her efforts online to free political prisoners, please honor her compassionate heart and determined spirit by making September 2015 a month of memory and witness to the injustice done to Leonard Peltier by the United States government.  Please help to extend her legacy beyond what her years allowed. Keep fiery passion for justice alive and alit on the earth. This month, remember why she cared so deeply. Please, remember why you care and act accordingly.