LEONARD PELTIER DAY
“The Oglala Sioux Tribe, hereby proclaim June 26, 2013 as a day of honoring for Mr. Leonard Peltier and hereafter every 26th day of June.”
At 79, Leonard Peltier has been falsely imprisoned for nearly half a century. He is the longest-held Indigenous political prisoner in the history of the United States, incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Coleman, a high-security prison in Florida. On April 19, 2024, the Bureau of Prisons denied Leonard’s request for a compassionate release. On July 2, 2024, he was denied parole by the United States Parole Commission after what may have been his final parole hearing on June 10, 2024. Leonard will not be eligible for another hearing for 15 years; he will be 94.
THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
Join the Peoples Movement advocating for Leonard's release, a powerful coalition that includes Indigenous leaders, organizations, artists, and celebrities; Human Rights institutions, including Amnesty International, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, and the International Federation for Human Rights; Civil Rights leaders Coretta Scott King, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú, and Reverend Jesse Jackson; and the humanitarian, political, and religious figures that have all called for Leonard's release, including Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Tenzin Gyatso (the 14th Dalai Lama). With diverse and influential support, Leonard's freedom is within reach!
Your voice is a crucial part of this collective effort and can significantly impact the release of Leonard Peltier by the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
Learn about the movement to #FreeLeonardPeltier
