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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 26 Jan 93 11:21 PST
Subject: Nigeria: Fella Arrested
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701045:000:1809
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 26 11:21:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Nigeria: Fella Arrested

/* Written  2:48 pm  Jan 25, 1993 by AFRICA-L@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU in igc:bitl.africa */

AP 01/25 15:05 EST V0374
Copyright 1992. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
   LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian dissident
who is one of Africa's most celebrated musicians, was charged Monday
with murder and conspiracy in the beating death of an employee over
$138.
   Deputy police commissioner James Danbada said an electrician was
killed by Fela's bodyguards Thursday after he accused the musician
of cheating him of $138. The beating allegedly occurred at Fela's
home.
   Fela's brother, human rights leader Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, said
by telephone that Fela was arrested Thursday night and charged in
court Monday. He said that the judge ruled his brother should be
held until the case is heard March 15, but that an appeal would be
filed seeking to free Fela on bail.
   Ransome-Kuti said they had no details from his brother -- who is
known by his first name -- because police were in hearing distance
during a visit from Fela's lawyer.
   The 52-year-old musician, who has recorded more than 50 albums
and is known for lyrics critical of military governments like the
one now running Nigeria, has been arrested many times. In 1977, his
house was burned down by troops after he released a song that
likened soldiers to zombies.
   In 1984, Fela was convicted of illegally exporting foreign
currency and sentenced to 10 years in prison. A year later, the
military government of Gen. Muhammed Buhari was overthrown by Gen.
Ibrahim Babangida, the current president, who freed Fela.
   After the 1984 conviction, the international human rights group
Amnesty International declared Fela a prisoner of conscience.

end
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: IRAN PARDONS 1,700 PRISONERS ON ISL
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:36:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701012:000:592
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 22 12:36:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: IRAN PARDONS 1,700 PRISONERS ON ISL

/* Written  7:59 pm  Jan 20, 1993 by sehari@iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 IRAN PARDONS 1,700 PRISONERS ON ISLAMIC FEAST
    NICOSIA, Jan 20, Reuter - Iran will release or cut the prison
terms of
1,780 convicts to mark the anniversary of the day Mohammad became
the Prophet of Islam, the Iranian news agency IRNA said on
Wednesday.
    It said the pardon, ordered by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei, covered prisoners convicted by revolutionary, military
and civil courts.
 REUTER MZ JW

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From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: US: HR in former Ygo
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:31:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701024:000:2829
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 23 09:31:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: US: HR in former Ygo

/* Written  8:15 am  Jan 20, 1993 by msirbu@next5.cs.umr.edu in igc:soc.culture.ro */
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RFE/RL Daily Report          No. 12, 20 January 1993

STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA . . .
In its annual report on the status of human rights around the
world issued on 19 January, the US State Department roundly
[...]

 .  .  AND ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION.  The State Department report,
however, is generally positive about the other countries in
Central and Eastern Europe.  In Bulgaria, the report says, human
rights performance was generally good in 1992 and some progress is
being made in addressing the rights of ethnic Turks, Gypsies, and
other minorities, although more could be hoped for in establishing
a sound judicial basis for addressing human rights complaints.
Progress was also noted in Romania, where the government
"generally expressed willingness to comply with Western human
rights norms," but was sometimes ineffective in responding to
instances of ethnic discrimination, especially against Gypsies and
ethnic Hungarians. Concern over the rights of these same two
minorities in Slovakia is also expressed in the report, which
details in particular "misgivings" by leaders of the new state's
600,000-strong Hungarian minority about the Slovak constitution,
social legislation, and some government actions. Continuing social
discrimination and occasional incidents against Gypsies in the
Czech Republic are mentioned, as are isolated anti-Semitic
incidents such as the provocative publication in a Prague tabloid
of a list of people, allegedly Jews prominent in Czech culture.
Human rights in Hungary, the report says, are "generally respected
in practice," but cautions that right-wing populists, including
some in the prime minister's own Hungarian Democratic Forum
(former HDF vice president Istvan Csurka is specifically
mentioned) have exploited popular discontent. Examples of
antidemocratic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Gypsy incidents in Hungary
are also given. Poland, the report says, has moved from a
communist state to a multiparty democracy with "a lively,
independent parliament" and "a vigorous free press," but the
country continues to grapple with all the issues of "social,
gender and ethnic intolerance." Charles Trumbull, RFE/RL, Inc.


The RFE/RL Daily Report is produced by the RFE/RL Research
Institute (a division of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc.)
with the assistance of the RFE/RL News and Current Affairs
Division (NCA). The report is available by electronic mail
via LISTSERV (RFERL-L@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU), on the
Sovset' computer bulletin board, by fax, and by postal mail.

Copyright 1993, RFE/RL, Inc. All rights reserved.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 26 Jan 93 11:23 PST
Subject: Indo: Bishop of Setubal
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701046:000:1398
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 26 11:23:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Indo: Bishop of Setubal

/* Written  2:20 pm  Jan 25, 1993 by cdpm@gn.apc.org in
igc:reg.easttimor */ Source      :Diario de Noticias Date        :
Dateline    : Lisbon Byline      :  Orig.Lang.  : Portuguese Scope
: abridged Headline    : Bishop of Setubal denounces "Success
Democracy"

Timor was another subject broached.  Bishop of Setubal Manuel
Martins, one of Portugal's personalities most linked to the
defence of human rights in East Timor, said that Mnsgr.  Ximenes
Belo should become a "new Oscar Romero" (the El Salvadorean bishop
murdered by a right-wing death squad).  D. Ximenes should be a man
who is "capable of shaking out all fears, taking off all the
clothing of fear and, with nothing further, put himself in defence
of the people", he affirmed.

The Bishop also asserted that, referring to an informal talk that
Pope John Paul II had with prelates, the Pope is worried about the
question of Timor and wants it to be resolved as soon as possible,
"with justice for the Timorese".

He added: "If D. Ximenes Belo speaks about self-determination,
speaks about referendum, he knows that he is committing Him, in
whose name he is there.  He is there in the Pope's name.  The
Church is with D. Ximenes."

The situation of the Timorese people is, for D. Manuel Martins, "a
portrait of the hypocrisy of which politicians are capable".
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: TURKEY SAYS U.S. RIGHTS REPORT MISL
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:40:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701013:000:2041
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 22 12:40:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: TURKEY SAYS U.S. RIGHTS REPORT MISL

/* Written  8:55 pm  Jan 20, 1993 by sehari@iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 TURKEY SAYS U.S. RIGHTS REPORT MISLEADING
    ANKARA, Jan 20, Reuter -  Turkey said on Wednesday a U.S.
State Department report on human rights would create misleading
impressions on Ankara's record.
    ``The report includes legally unproved claims which have not
been sufficiently investigated, creating misleading impressions
about Turkey,'' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Filiz Dincmen said.
    The annual report, released to the press by the U.S. embassy
in Ankara, said the government's objectives of establishing a
state of law based on human rights and ending the use of torture
by security forces had not been achieved.
    ``Incidents of abuse and excessive use of force by security
personnel persisted throughout 1992,'' it said.
    ``Both local and international human rights organisations
reported that during 1992 at least 15 persons died in suspicious
circumstances while in official custody, some possibly as a result
of torture,'' it added.
    Dicmen said Turkey was a willing party to control mechanisms
and international agreements on human rights.
    ``The numbers and verdicts of (abuse) cases brought before
Turkish courts and the European Human Rights Commission do not
corroborate the picture presented in the report,'' she said.
    A grim human rights record, attacked by Western watchdog
    agencies, is cited as a main obstacle to Turkey's hopes of
full European Community membership.
    A new law on criminal trial procedure, passed in December, was
    designed to eliminate torture and mistreatment of detainees,
shorten detention periods and give suspects immediate access to
legal counsel.
    But it denies those rights to suspected political extremists
    and Kurdish separatists. The government says a Kurdish
insurgency in the southeast, which has claimed about 5,300 lives
since 1984, justifies the exemption.
 REUTER AS JA

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From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: JOURNALISTS DENOUNCE
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:41:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701006:000:1826
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 21 08:41:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: JOURNALISTS DENOUNCE 

/* Written 12:16 am  Jan 21, 1993 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in
igc:ips.englibrary */ Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all
rights reserved.  Permission to re- print within 7 days of
original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: HUMAN RIGHTS: JOURNALISTS DENOUNCE HAITI, COLOMBIA AND
PERU

san jose, jan 18 (ips) -- journalists from throughout the americas
meeting in san jose denounced the constant threats and physical
danger encountered by their colleagues working in haiti, colombia
and peru.

the resolution was prepared over the weekend in order to be
presented at the regional conference on human rights that begins
monday in san jose, costa rica.

in colombia, drug dealers and paramilitary groups have been held
responsible for the disappearance of a great number of
journalists.  while in peru, the peruvian military as well as the
shining path guerrillas have been killing and injuring
journalists.

the resolution also states that haiti grossly violates human
rights and has curtailed all liberties.  the journalists called on
latin american countries to take actions necessary to restore the
elected government of president jean-bertrand aristide.

the declaration emphasized the role that journalists have played
in defending human rights, including civil rights, economic rights
and so-called third generation rights granted to children,
indigenous people, aids victims, and the environment.

in addition, the journalists directly opposed the interference of
neo-conservatives that have contributed to media monopolies and
the subsequent manipulation of information.

the resolution also supported non-intervention, protection of the
environment and the right to peace.
(end/ips/trd/so/cr/im/ds/jr/eli/93)
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:26 PST
Subject: Re: AI UA018/93 HAITI Ill-treatment
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1476701052:cdp:1476701054:000:605
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 26 18:26:00 1993


/* Written  2:56 pm  Jan 26, 1993 by sharrison in igc:ai.uan */
for USA readers:

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the Colorado
office between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm, Mountain Time, weekdays
only, if sending appeals after March 9, 1993.

If you have any questions about this Urgent Action appeal or
the Urgent Action Network in general please contact:

Scott Harrison
Urgent Action program office
PO Box 1270
Nederland CO 80466
303 440 0913 (voice)
303 258 7881 (fax)
sharrison@igc.org (e-mail address)

If you are not a member of Amnesty International USA, we
would like to send you information.
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Somalia: Western Meddling
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:49:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701025:000:1790
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 23 09:49:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Somalia: Western Meddling

/* Written  9:52 pm  Jan 21, 1993 by odin@halcyon.halcyon.com in igc:p.news */

<< via P_news/p.news >>
{From SOCIALIST WORKER, (January 1993) a publication of the 
International Socialist Organization, P.O. Box 16085, Chicago, Il 
60616}

WESTERN MEDDLING TO BLAME FOR DIVISIONS BETWEEN CLANS

SOMALI CLAN divisions are not "natural." Somalis share a common 
language and religion.

But the European powers sliced Somalia into artificial states as 
part of their division of the world among themselves in the 19th 
century.

Tens of thousands of people were parcelled up and handed from one 
power to another. 

Somalis were split between British Somaliland, Italian Somalia, 
French Djibouti and Ethiopian Ogaden. Another group was 
incorporated into Kenya.

To break any resistance, the Western powers played on divisions 
between people and created new ones.

Loyalties to a local leader were built up by favoring one gorup 
at the expense of others.

"They may be made to hate each other and thereby good governance 
is ensured," a British colonial administrator wrote.

After independence in 1960, the British and Italians left behind 
a system of government which further deepened clan rivalries.

Every grouping that claimed a distinct identity could secure the 
right to its own party and seats in parliament. 

The recent dictator Siad Barre rewarded clans which backed him 
with jobs and contracts while others faced virtual genocide. 

Somalia's disunity comes form the manuevers of the Westgern 
powers and the ruthless local ruling class which they backed.
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Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Looking for Ramsey Clark's report on Iraq
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:04:01 GMT
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Looking for Ramsey Clark's report on war crimes in Gulf war. Please post or
mail.

-Naeem Mohaiemenz
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From: jon@uci.uci.com (Jon Harder)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,soc.culture.caribbean
Subject: Support for Haitians - Miami
Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:18:54 -0600
Organization: Unified Communications, Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: uci.uci.com


CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS   

January 14, 1992

Dear Haiti supporters,

We write to you from Miami - a city struggling over the plight of Haitian 
immigrants looking for safety from the high seas and from a brutal 
government.  We are eager to bring greetings from this city where so many 
have suffered hurricane disaster, but where our churches are finding new 
important ways to witness.

The CPT release posted elsewhere describes the work of a ten person 
Christian Peacemaker Team which arrived in Miami on January 9 and is 
staying throughout the week, and perhaps longer, to lend assistance to the 
struggle for the rights of Haitians.

The Miami news media is FULL of information about the injustices 
which abound as a result of the policies of Immigration and Naturalization 
Services (INS) and within the detention centers themselves.  We need your 
help to spread the word about the violence here and within the current 
military government in Haiti.  Only three weeks ago we wrote to you from 
Haiti describing the suffering there and offering ways for you to respond.

Please send inaugural greetings this week to President Bill Clinton and 
congress.  REQUEST THE RELEASE OF HAITIAN REFUGEES FROM MIAMI DETENTION 
CENTERS AND A FAIR CHANCE FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM. Only today we have learned 
that new initiatives are on the horizon with respect to Haitian policy. 
Given the push of worldwide matters your work will help prevent a permanent 
solution to this from being marginalized. URGE CONGRESS TO INSIST 
HIGHEST LEVEL DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO RETURN DEMOCRACY IN HAITI. Concerns 
can also be expressed through the White House Comment Desk (202) 456-1111.

With this letter we are also announcing  an upcoming trip to Haiti for 
March 20 - 31.  Please pass along this information and contact us if you 
are interested in participating.

Finally our team encourages you to integrate this matter into the life, 
prayer and worship of your congregation's life, remembering that most of 
our forbearers came to North American as sojourners, as boat people.

Sincerely,


Gene Stoltzfus

CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS   
1821 w. Cullerton
Chicago, Il 60608
tel. (312)455-1199 FAX (312)421-5762
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: COMMISSION TO PROPOSE
Date: 23 Jan 93 14:37:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701021:000:2694
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 23 06:37:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: COMMISSION TO PROPOSE

/* Written 12:10 am  Jan 23, 1993 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: HUMAN RIGHTS: COMMISSION TO PROPOSE REGIONAL INSTRUMENT

san jose, jan 20 (ips/ivannia mora) -- the central american
commission in defense of human rights (codehuca) has proposed the
creation of a mechanism to evaluate and sanction human rights
violations in the region and help to rapidly respond to problem
areas.

in an interview with ips, codehuca coordinator silvia porras
said the region urgently needs ''an instrument where individuals
and non-governmental organisations (ngos) can present
denunciations and where states can be held responsible for their
violations of human rights.''

''we cannot lock a nation up in jail, but this would be a
mechanism that would oblige states to immediately introduce
measures to correct violations,'' porras said.

codehuca will present the proposal at the regional conference
for human rights taking place in san jose, costa rica from jan.
18-22, in preparation to the world conference on the theme set
for june in vienna.

according to porras, the human rights situation in central
america in the past few years has been marked by dialogue and
negotiation.

''of course, there are also serious violations of civil and
political rights in guatemala: repression against human rights
activists, the press and the general population, where the
majority of the victims are indigenous people,'' she added.

porras said the principal obstacles to respect for human
rights in central america are impunity and militarization, which
often go hand in hand, and create nations in which the army is
more powerful than the civilian government.

''another obstacle is the application of programmes of
structural adjustment, which not only violate the economic,
social and cultural rights, but also the self-determination of
people,'' as these economic and social reforms are dictated by
international organisations and lending institutions.

according to porras, international financial organisms ''have
great power,'' but are only concerned with economic development.

porras added that ''we must develop mechanisms that also allow
the consideration of international financial organisms as human
rights violators.''

''these institutions, which are dominated by some of the most
powerful nations of the world, must be made to act according to
the charter of the united nations,'' she concluded.
(end/ips/trd/so/im/cs/eli/93)
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 26 Jan 93 11:27 PST
Subject: More Arrests in East Java
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701047:000:1553
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 26 11:27:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: More Arrests in East Java

/* Written 10:34 am  Jan 26, 1993 by indonow@peg.apc.org in igc:reg.indonesia */
{_BLANGGUAN INCIDENT - FURTHER  ARRESTS
Report  from Jakarta on 25th of January, 1993
Following a demonstration outside the East Java Provincial Parliament, the following  students and youths were arrested by the marines, army and police at bus  station in  Surabaya, East Java , at 13.45 pm, 25th of January, 1993:

1.  Anton		2.  Justin		3.  Hari
4.  Andi		5.  Edwin		6.  Jali
7.  Nizar		8.  Boliran		9.  Sawun  
10. Kisori		11. Eko		12. Iwan
13. Slamet		14. Amar		15. Uci
16. Catur		17. Rivo		18. Wilson *
19. Irwan **		20. Gombloh		21. Iwan
22. Anwar		23. Bonsai		24. Webby *
25. Sugeng		26. Jayadi		27. Budiman
28. Munif		29. Yuni		30. Danuri
31. Dullah
Notes:
*    Attacked by a marine who has knive in his hand.
**  beaten up by military personal.
AKSI -  - Indonesia Solidarity Action urges all concerned people to immediately write or telegram the Indonesian Embassy in their country demanding the immediate release of these 31 students and all others detained in Blangguan itself(approx. 20 - names not yet available.)
In Australia: Send Fax Protests too: H.E. Sabam Siagian, Indonesian Ambassador, Embassy of Republic of Indonesia. Fax No. 06-2733748 or letters to  H.E. Sabam Siagian, Indonesian Ambassador, Embassy of Republic of Indonesi, Darwini  Place, Yarralumla, ACT and also to:
and to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans, Parliament House, Canberra or Fax 0 6-2734112
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Reports on tribal minorities in Bangladesh(Looking for)
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:05:48 GMT
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Looking for any reports on opression of Chakma tribals in Bangladesh's
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by Bangladesh army.

Naeem
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:32 PST
Subject: USA: Peltier Action
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476701032:000:1133
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jan 24 21:32:00 1993


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: USA: Peltier Action

/* Written  7:39 pm  Jan 24, 1993 by peacenet@igc.apc.org in igc:pn.alerts */

This is a copy of a plea I received from the Leonard Peltier Defense Comm.

LPDC
PO Box 583, Lawrence Kansas 66044
913-842-5774   Fax 913-842-5796

Dear Supporter,

Seventeen years is far too long for an innocent man to be in
prison. This request comes to you in an urgent call for a 
letter writing campaign to President Bill Clinton and First 
Lady Hillary Clinton.  Individual letters carry far more weight
than forms. 

We ask that these letters be sent between  Jan.  15th and 30th
to ensure a virtual tidal wave of concern for Leonard Peltier 
that cannot be ignored.  Imagine the effect of 100,000 
letters will have on the new administration! If we expect justice
to be done, we need to make a concerted effort that will clearly
demonstrate that there are literally millions of people willing 
to fight for Leonard's freedom.

Thank you for your continuing concern and support.  Let's make
this the happiest new year ever!

               	Leonard Peltier Defense Committee