Human Rights Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier
GENEVA, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention distributed its opinion calling for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier , an indigenous rights activist who has been wrongfully incarcerated by the U.S. government for the last 47 years.
- GENEVA, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention distributed its opinion calling for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier , an indigenous rights activist who has been wrongfully incarcerated by the U.S. government for the last 47 years.
- In its opinion, the Working Group found that Mr. Peltiers detention was arbitrary and in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Mr. Peltiers case was first presented to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in 2005.
- The Working Group determined in its first opinion that his detention was not arbitrary at that time.