A-Infos (en) Peltier denied parole; 10 yrs more without parole possibility

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             PELTIER DENIED PAROLE: JUNE 27 WASHINGTON PROTEST SET

By Mahtowin Munro

Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier was again denied
parole on May 4. Supporters are asked to mobilize in
Washington on June 27 for a demonstration of protest over
Peltier's continued imprisonment.

In recent years, Peltier's supporters have produced a
mountain of evidence to prove that the U.S. government
framed this American Indian Movement warrior for the 1975
shooting deaths of two FBI agents on Pine Ridge Reservation
in South Dakota. He began serving two consecutive life
sentences in federal prisons in 1976.

Peltier is viewed worldwide as a symbol of U.S. government
repression directed against the Native struggle.

The parole board announced it had rejected Peltier's
request for release just a few hours after the parole
hearing. Gina Chiala from the International Office of the
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee said Peltier told her that
the parole hearing "was a set-up."

Peltier reported that board members said things like, "The
government can't prove who is responsible for the agents'
death, [but] someone has to pay," and, "We spoke with one of
the agent's wives and she wants you to die in here. You will
not receive another parole hearing until 2008."

None of Peltier's lawyers was even allowed to speak at the
hearing.

Chiala stressed: "This should only reaffirm our commitment
to Leonard's freedom. A couple of weeks before the hearing,
when asked if he expected parole to be granted, he said, `I
have no faith in this system.' Neither should we.

"This is why all must mobilize to go to Washington, D.C.,
on June 27 to show our outrage and commitment," Chiala
concluded. "We must continue and strengthen this fight.
Leonard Peltier stands for what we stand for: justice and
respect for all life."

The June 27 demonstration will be held in Washington at
the Ellipse Park beginning at noon. Further information is
available from the LPDC at (785) 842-5774 or e-mail
lpdc@idir.net.


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