[antiwar-van] Justice for Leonard Peltier West Coast Tour: FINAL EVENT - SAT. MAR. 31

[Shannon Bundock]

*La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés*

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JUSTICE FOR LEONARD PELTIER
West Coast Tour

Final Event of the Tour:
Saturday, March 31st
6pm
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
Chief Simon Baker Room
1607 East Hastings Street

Featuring:

Bob Robideau -> Co-director of the Leonard Peltier
Defense Committee and the Co-defendant in the incident
at Oglala.

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Leonard Peltier -- a warrior, great-grandfather,
artist, writer, & Indigenous rights activist -- is a
citizen of the Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations
who has been unjustly imprisoned since 1976. A
participant in the American Indian Movement, he went
to assist the Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge
Reservation in the mid-70s where a shoot-out occurred
on June 26, 1975.

Falsely accused and framed up for the murder of two
agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
Peltier fled to Canada believing he would never
receive a fair trial in the United States. On February
6, 1976,Peltier was apprehended by the government of
Canada, a historical accomplice to the US government
in the genocide of Indigenous people.

Bob Robideau and Dino Butler, who were also involved
in the shoot-out, were found not guilty on the grounds
of self-defense. With fabricated evidence, the FBI
collaborated with Canadian authorities to have Leonard
extradited to the US for the deaths of the two agents.
Although to this day, state prosecutors have admitted
that they don't know who killed the agents, Leonard
has been serving out a sentence twice his natural life
in prison.

31 years later, Leonard Peltier's case is still a
burning question. 31 years later and the fight for his
freedom continues.

This speaking tour will focus on the history of
Leonard's case and the recent developments that are
re-energizing the campaign for his freedom.

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Please join us for this final event! There is much
support to build in Canada for Leonard Peltier's
freedom!

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Organized by:
Indigenous Rights and Action Project - IRAP
irap_vancouver@ yahoo.ca
604-339-7103

Tour endorsed by:

Indigenous Women's Network, Indigenous Action
Movement, United Native Nations, Hospital Employee's
Union, Coop Radio 102.7 FM, Tacoma Leonard Peltier
Support Group, Capilano Students' Union, Capilano
College Department of Anthropology, Capilano College
Independent Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Program,
Capilano College Global Stewardship Program, Free the
Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver, Iranian Committee
Against War (ICAW), Kla How Ya FM, Langara Students'
Union, Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO),
ThinkNDN, UBC-AMS Coalition Against War on the People
of Iraq & Internationally, University of Victoria
Native Students' Union, University of Victoria
Student's Society, UVIC Students' Against War, UVIC
Students of Colour Collective, Vancouver Communities
in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), and the Vancouver
Island Public Interest Resource Group (VIPIRG).

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Version en Español
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JUSTICIA PARA LEONARD PELTIER
Tour de la Costa Pacifica

Sabado 31 de Marzo
6pm
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
Chief Simon Baker Room
1607 East Hastings Street


Con el Orador:
Bob Robideau -> Codirector del Comité para la Defensa
de Leonard Peltier y Coacusado en el incidente de
Oglala
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Leonard Peltier -Un guerrero, bisabuelo, artista,
escritor, y activista por los derechos Indígenas -es
un ciudadano de las Naciones Anishinaabe y
Dakota-Lacota que ha estado encarcelado injustamente
desde 1976.

Un participante en el Movimiento Indio Americano
(AIM), el fue a asistir al pueblo Oglala-Lacota en la
reservación de Pine Ridge a mediados de la década de
los setentas donde ocurrió un tiroteo el 26 de Junio
1975. Acusado falsamente de haber asesinado a dos
agentes del Buró Federal de Investigación (FBI),
Peltier huyo a Canadá, no esperando recibir un juicio
imparcial en los Estados Unidos. En el 6 de Febrero de
1976, Peltier fue detenido por el gobierno de Canadá,
el cual ha sido históricamente un cómplice del
gobierno de los EE.UU. en el genocidio del pueblo
Indígena.

A Bob Robideau y Dino Butler, quienes también se
vieron involucrados en el tiroteo,  se les encontró no
culpables por haber actuado en autodefensa. Con
evidencia que fue fabricada, el FBI colaboro con las
autoridades canadienses, para extraditar a Leonard a
los EE.UU. por las muertes de los agentes. Aunque
hasta hoy en día, los fiscales estatales admiten no
saber quien fue quien mato los a dos agentes, Leonard
permanece en la cárcel, condenado a dos cadenas
perpetuas 31 años después, el caso de Leonard Peltier
sigue siendo un tema candente. 31 años después la
lucha por su libertad continua.

Este tour se enfocara en la historia del caso de
Leonard y en los acontecimientos mas recientes que
vuelven a enardecer la campaña por su libertad.

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Organizado por:
Projecto de Acción y Derechos Indígenas | IRAP 
irap_vancouver@ yahoo.ca
604-339-7103

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