SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Leonard Peltier Update Today on blogtalkradio

Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges. Discussion »

4:30 pm-6:30 pm cdt

ALBUQUERQUE - The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee is participating in talk radio program today to update the public on the most current information on Leonard Peltier on blogtalkradio between 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm cdt.

The representatives of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee will discuss the unjust actions taken against political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Also we will be discussing Leonard's current health issues, his upcoming clemency campaign, and the push to have Leonard transferred to a medium security facility.

Peltier is serving a life sentence in the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He was convicted of the 1975 murders of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. He was convicted in 1977. Peltier is considered to be a political prisoner of war by many American Indians throughout the United States and others worldwide. Through the years, Peltier's supporters have included: the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and Bishop Desmond Tutu, among other prominent names.

The representatives will take questions. The call in number is: 1-858-777-5905.

posted August 24, 2011 12:40 pm edt