Editing Leonard Peltier (section)

=== Support for clemency ===
Peltier's conviction sparked great controversy and drew criticism from a number of prominent figures across a wide range of disciplines. In 1999, Peltier asserted on CNN that he did not commit the murders and does not know who did. Peltier has described himself as a [[political prisoner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AIM – American Indian Movement Store |url=http://www.aimovement.org/peltier/index.html |access-date=November 12, 2012 |publisher=Aimovement.org}}</ref> Numerous public and legal appeals were filed on his behalf; however, because of the consistent objection of the FBI, none of the resulting rulings were made in his favor. His appeals for clemency received support from world-famous civil rights advocates, including [[Nelson Mandela]], Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]], Rev. [[Jesse Jackson]], [[14th Dalai Lama|Tenzin Gyatso]] (the 14th [[Dalai Lama]]), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and activist [[Rigoberta Menchú]], and [[Mother Teresa]]. International and national government entities such as the Office of the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights]], the [[Working Group on Indigenous Populations|United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations]], the [[European Parliament]],<ref name="eu_parlm2">{{cite web |date=February 11, 1999 |title=Resolution on the case of Leonard Peltier |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A51999IP0169&qid=1678664600560 |url-status=live |publisher=European Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312234359/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A51999IP0169&qid=1678664600560 |archive-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref> and the [[Belgian Parliament]],<ref name="bel_parlm2">{{cite web |author=Lode Vanoost |date=June 29, 2000 |title=Voorstel van resolutie betreffende Leonard Peltier |url=http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section%3Dflwb%26language%3Dnl%26rightmenu%3Dright%26cfm%3D/site/wwwcfm/flwb/flwbn.cfm?lang%3DN%26legislat%3D50%26dossierID%3D0483 |url-status=dead |publisher=Belgische Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111112/http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=flwb&language=nl&rightmenu=right&cfm=%2Fsite%2Fwwwcfm%2Fflwb%2Fflwbn.cfm%3Flang%3DN&legislat=50&dossierID=0483 |archive-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> have all passed resolutions in favor of Peltier's clemency. Several human rights groups, including the [[International Federation for Human Rights]] and [[Amnesty International]] launched campaigns advocating for Peltier's clemency. In the United States, the [[Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights]], the [[Committee of Concerned Scientists|Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc.]], the [[National Lawyers Guild]], and the [[American Association for Justice|American Association of Jurists]] are all supporters of clemency for Peltier.

[[File:FreeLeonardPeltierSign.jpg | thumb|right | Free Leonard Peltier sign, March 2009]]

The police officer who arrested Peltier, Bob Newbrook, is convinced that he "was extradited illegally and that he didn't get a fair trial in the United States".<ref name="echoes" />

On June 7, 2022, the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]'s [[Working Group on Arbitrary Detention]] released a seventeen-page analysis of Peltier's detention, rendering the opinion that it contravenes "articles 2, 7, and 9 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] and articles 2 (1), 9 and 26 of the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]], is arbitrary and falls within categories III and V." The Working Group urged a "full and independent investigation" surrounding his detention and requested that the US government remedy his situation "without delay and bring it into conformity with the relevant international norms".<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/A-HRC-WGAD-7-2022-USA-AEV.pdf |title=Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its ninety-third session, 30 March–8 April 2022 |author=[[Working Group on Arbitrary Detention]] |publisher=[[United Nations Human Rights Council]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006175033/https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/A-HRC-WGAD-7-2022-USA-AEV.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>