Vancouver
International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
(new location!)
12:00pm
- 3:00pm
Saturday February 4 2012
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Join in solidarity with the Leonard Peltier Defense Offence Committee in supporting the release of Leonard Peltier from a wrongful conviction. International support has been called for in bringing justice for Leonard.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
12 noon
US Consulate - 1095 West Pender, Vancouver (meet at Portal Park, corner of Thurlow and W. Hastings) *changed from original location of Vancouver Art Gallery*
(http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/04FebSolidarity.htm)
Gather at noon at Portal Park (corner of Thurlow & W. Hastings) to hear speakers explain who Leonard Peltier is to them and why it is important to join in solidarity for his freedom. Join Elders for prayers for Leonard.
Leonard was and is a leader and advocate for his people and has inspired people globally with his words, his courage, his strength and wisdom.
On February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier, citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations, was apprehended in Canada and extradited to the U.S. for a murder trial that was manipulated by the F.B.I.
Charges were unfounded, evidence was tampered, witnesses were detained and terrorized by F.B.I. agents and Leonard Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for murders he did not commit.
Learn more about the history of Leonard Peltier, the circumstances that led up to the shootings on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Such history must not be forgotten until justice is served.
Go to http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/04FebSolidarity.htm for more info and to download posters for the event.
Email solidarityforleonardpeltier(at)gmail(dot)com for more info about the rally.
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