One of President Biden’s final acts as US president was to grant clemency to American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard ...
“The victory of freeing Leonard Peltier is a symbol of our collective strength – and our resistance will never stop.” “Today’s decision shows the combined power of grassroots organizing ...
With one week left in office, the president could end his term with an act of mercy by granting clemency to the ailing Native American rights activist.
The prosecution, conviction and incarceration of Peltier was “a symbol of all the injustices that have been visited on Native Americans at the hands of the United States,” he said. Our stories are ...
President Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old American Indian Movement activist who had spent nearly five decades in prison.
It seemed fated to end like so many stories of Peltier, who is an almost folkloric symbol of Native American independence and resistance — with those hoping in vain for his release. After all ...
In the years since his conviction, Peltier's story has become one of the most enduring symbols of Indigenous resistance and the fight for justice in the U.S. His case continues to generate debate ...
Mr. Peltier’s continued incarceration is a symbol to Native Americans of the systemic inequities of the criminal justice system in America,” read the letter from tribal elected officials ...
The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe ...