SEND PRAYERS TO GENEVA FOR JUSTICE FOR LEONARD PELTIER!! Proud of Lenny Foster for representing Peltier in Geneva!!! Excerpt of International Indian Treaty Council Press Release. Lenny Foster, Dine Nation, is a member of IITC’s Board of Directors representing the National Native American Prisoners Rights Coalition and is also Program Supervisor of Navajo Nation Corrections Project. He is in Geneva attending the CERD review of the US to present the issue of discrimination against Indigenous prisoners including violations of their freedom of religious practice as well as the case of Leonard Peltier. “We thank the CERD members and CERD President Francisco Cali for their consideration of these and other very important matters which will be presented by Indigenous Peoples during the review of the US this week,” he stated. “We look forward to strong recommendations about how the US can take action to correct these injustices. This is an historic occasion to present the issues that affect our lives as we continue to strive for self-determination and express our support for the human rights of our brother Leonard Peltier as we seek EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. iitc.org/press-release-indigenous-peoples-attend-the-review-of-the-united-states-by-the-united-nations-committee-on-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-aug-11-2014/
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