Auf dem Konrad-Adenauer-Platz (Hbf vorne) und anschließend auf dem Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz (Hbf hinten)
In der Regel an einem Mittwoch in der Monatsmitte. Genauer Termin hier, auf Anfrage oder per eMail.
Am 26. Juni 2021 jährte sich der ‚Incident at Oglala‚ – ein Indianer und zwei FBI-Agenten werden auf einer Reservation in South Dakota ermordet. Es ist der schicksalhafte Tag, für den der Anishinabe- und Lakota-Indianer und Aktivist des American Indian Movement Leonard Peltier bis heute seit mehr als unfassbaren 45 Jahren unschuldig im Gefängnis büßen muss – überwiegend in Isolationshaft, fernab von seinen Verwandten, 76jährig und schwerkrank. Seine Verurteilung fand unter Verwendung von Falschaussagen und konstruierter Beweise statt.
Die weltweite Unterstützungskampagne richtet sich an US-Präsident Biden mit einem Gesuch um Begnadigung. Und sie richtet sich an die Direktoren des Bureau of Prisons, die Leonard Peltier mit elektronischer Fußfessel in sein Heimatreservat Turtle Mountain in North Dakota verlegen könnten.
Bereits am 05.06.2021 startete beispielsweise der ‚Free Peltier Horse Ride‘ von Nebraska nach Waschington DC. Die Ankunft der Teilnehmenden wird nach mehr als 2500 km am 21.06.2021 vor dem Weißen Haus erwartet.
Auch in Deutschland fanden und finden diverse Aktionen statt :
– Eine Online-Petition der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker, die sich an Präsident Biden, die US-Botschaft und die Direktoren des Büro of Prison wenden wird. Freedom and Justice For Leonard Peltier! (gfbv.de)
Begleitend erscheint ein Artikel von Yvonne Bangert „Freiheit für Leonard Peltier – eine unendliche Geschichte?“ in der August-Ausgabe des GfbV-Magazins FÜR VIELFALT 325 Religion im Dialog: Lasst uns miteinander reden! (gfbv.de)
– Ende Juni 2021 startete VOICES, einer neuen Online-Plattform der GfbV mit dem Fokus auf der Geschichte Peltiers. Der Journalist Claus Biegert hat Peltier zweimal im Gefängnis besucht, von ihm ist die sechsteilige Podcast-Serie „In the Spirit of Crazy Horse“ und der Film „I am the Indian Voice“.01_In the Spirit of Crazy horse_Die Geschichte des Leonard Peltier in Claus Biegert: „In the Spirit of Crazy Horse“ ein Podcast in sechs Teilen (soundcloud.com)
– Monatliche Mahnwachen in Frankfurt, Leipzig und Düsseldorf
– Eure persönlichen Briefe, Postkarten und eMails an das Weiße Haus, an Botschaft, Konsulat und an das BOP (Bureau of Prison). Adressen (*1) und Formulierungshilfen (*2) findet Ihr weiter unten.
Vielen Dank an Euch, die Ihr uns im zurückliegenden Jahr unterstützt habt.
Aktionen / Mahnwache für Leonard Peltier in Düsseldorf – 2020 (www.mutbuergerdokus.de) – Eine tolle Seite !
Kommt gerne und unterstützt uns ! Natürlich beachten wir die CORONA-Regeln : Abstand zu Passanten, Interessierten und untereinander – FFP2-Masken tragen
(*1) Adressen für Briefen und Postkarten :
The Honorable Joseph Biden
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
USA
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Vice President Kamala Harris
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
USA
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Generalbundesanwalt und Justizminister Monty Wilkinson :
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
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Die beiden Direktoren des Bureau of Prisons :
Mr. Michael Carvajal
Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
320 First St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20534
Mr. J.A. Keller
Southeast Regional Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
3800 Camp Crk. Prk. SW, Bldg. 2000
Atlanta, GA 30331
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US-Botschaft Berlin
Clayallee 170
14191 Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
US-Generalkonsulat Düsseldorf
Willi-Becker-Allee 10
40227 Düsseldorf
Mail-Kontakt :
Kontaktformular Weißes Haus : https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Mail-Adresse : president@whitehouse.gov
US – Generalbundesanwalt und Justizminister Monty Wilkinson : https://www.justice.gov/contact-us
Bureau of Prisons : https://www.bop.gov/contact/
per Telephon :
US – Generalbundesanwalt und Justizminister Monty Wilkinson
Department Comment Line: 001 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 001 202-514-2000
US Botschaft Berlin : 030 8305-0
US-Generalkonsulat Düsseldorf : 0211 788-89-27
durch Social Media :
Post an Präsident Biden’s Facebook Seite : https://m.facebook.com/joebiden
TWEETS TO: @POTUS @JoeBiden @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept @MontyWilkinson @JillBiden @SpeakerPelosi @KamalaHarris @TheJusticeDept
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(*2)
Bittet den Präsidenten um „Gnade“ (clemency) und alle anderen um “Mitleidvolle Befreiung” (Compassionate release) für Leonard Peltier aus gesundheitlichen, altersbedingten und humanitären Gründen.
Der Text auf der Rückseite der Postkarten kann auch als Text für eMails und Brief verwendet werden:
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In the matter of:
Federal Prisoner Leonard Peltier #89637-132 USP COLEMAN I, Florida
Mister President
Allow me to write to you in the name of many concerned people here in Europe in the matter of the indigenous prisoner Leonard Peltier.After more than 45 long and endless years, it is highest time that the imprisoned indigenous human rights activist Leonard Peltier be released immediately. Not only was there never any clear legal evidence for his conviction, but it is simply time to release him on human grounds of mercy and compassion – after 100 days in office, there would be no clearer sign of your will to see justice done.
Leonard Peltier is now an elder of 76 years. For many years he has suffered from diseases, some of them severe, such as diabetes, an abdominal aortic aneurism, prostate pain as well as high blood pressure. In 2017 he had to undergo urgent heart surgery. These serious and partly life-threatening health conditions, as well as the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, imperil his life as a high-risk patient.
Throughout the years of his incarceration, Leonard Peltier was a true model prisoner, and he is definitely no threat to the public. If released, he could and he would spend the rest of his days with his family and would play a valuable part in his community as an elder, especially for the youth. Thus, from prison, he has already supported some Native Youth Projects.
Mister Peltier has truly served his sentence, even if his conviction was more than doubtful. 45 years are enough, with over 16,437 days in high-security penitentiaries, at times in solitary confinement, far away from his family and homeland.
Dear Mister President, please send Leonard Peltier home – as a proof of compassion and as an act of mercy, in the name of human dignity and human rights, and ultimately as a sign of healing in the relationship between the indigenous peoples living in the United States and the US government.
Yours faithfully,
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From:
To
The White House
President Joe Biden
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
USA
Germany,
Re: LEONARD PELTIER #89637-132 USP COLEMAN I COLEMAN, FL 33521
Dear Mr. President Biden,
In view of the changes taking place in America at this very time, there must also be a change for one man: After 45 long and endless years behind bars, Leonard Peltier must be released. I am therefore appealing to you:
FREE LEONARD PELTIER – DON´T LET HIM DIE IN PRISON
He has been imprisoned for almost 45 years, even though his conviction was not in accordance with the necessary legal prerequisites. There is no evidence that proves his guilt in the crime for which he has been convicted. After all these years, more and more details are indicating that all the major witnesses in this case were pressurized and that evidence against Mr. Peltier was manipulated. All the evidence that proves his innocence was falsified and even the FBI knows about this. To say the least, this man has spent all these years, 16,437 days till today, in prison yet innocent! On February 6th his 46th year in prison will begin.
He is a grandfather, a father. He has a large family outside this prison, a community, a home where he could go to. And so many supporters. He could and would spend the rest of his days with his family and would play a valuable part in his community as an elder, especially for the youth. He has been a real model prisoner during all these endless years. He is a peaceful, respectful man; he is definitely not a threat to the public. He is 76 years old and has serious and to some extent life-endangering health impairments.
As a high-risk-patient, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he fulfills all the necessary reasons for release. I would like to draw your attention to the CARES Act and to Attorney General Barr’s order to „prioritize the use of your various statutory authorities to grant home confinement for inmates seeking transfer in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.“
All I can see is that the USA is doing everything it can to allow this man to die in prison. Without any evidence against him, without a fair trial, without a new chance for judicial proceedings in the light of new evidence and new facts relating to the case after all these years.
Such a judicial system is neither adequate nor dignified for the United States of America.
Please transfer Mr. Peltier to his family. That would be a decision commensurate with reason and humanity. Thank you for your kind attention.
Please free him now!