Flagstaff police harass activists before Dew event

Flagstaff Police Harass Activists as 'Preventative Maintenance’ Before Dew Downtown Event
Free Speech Protest Zone Created at ‘Unsustainable' Urban Snowboard Event

By Klee Benally
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French translation by Christine Prat
Dutch translation by NAIS

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Armed plain-clothed City of Flagstaff cops showed up at a community member’s home and at a community center yesterday. The officers, Kevin Rued and Eric Greenwald, stated that they were doing "preventative maintenance” and that they’re going to "have the entire front grassy area of the courthouse roped off specifically for protestors” as a free speech zone at the City of Flagstaff and Snowbowl sponsored Dew Downtown event.

Free Peltier Reno Nevada Rally Photos

Photos by Western Shoshone Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Free Peltier Rally today, Feb. 6, 2014, at the federal building in Reno, Nevada.

Pussy Riot's letter: Out of prison and making change

Out of prison, and making change

Pussy Riot reminds Amnesty International that their performances are always illegal, radical and not for entertainment to sell pricey tickets

By Pussy Riot

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We, the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, would like to say many thanks to all the people who have supported us all this time, those who demanded the release of our members, those who sympathized with us and sympathized with our ideology. We are very grateful to all of you, we deeply appreciate and respect everyone who has contributed to the overall Pussy Riot campaign at this difficult for us time.

Amnesty International renews call to release Leonard Peltier

USA: After 38 years, time to release indigenous leader Leonard Peltier

By Amnesty International
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February 6, 2014

It is time for the USA authorities to release Leonard Peltier, an Anishinabe-Lakota Native American and leading member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), who has been imprisoned for 38 years despite serious concerns about the fairness of proceedings leading to his conviction.
Leonard Peltier was arrested 38 years ago today in connection with the murders of two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, during a confrontation involving AIM members on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in June 1975. While he admits to having been present during the incident, Leonard Peltier, who in 1977 was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murders, has always denied killing the agents as alleged by the prosecution at his trial.