Urgent: Take Action for Leonard Peltier to receive the medical treatment he needs from LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE OFFENSE COMMITTEE 10JAN11

THE delay in allowing Leonard Peltier to have a biopsy to determine if he has prostate cancer is morally wrong and very hypocritical. Denial of medical care for political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in other countries is often condemned and publicized by the U.S. government, yet here is the government, denying medical treatment to a political prisoner. Please take the time to e mail Pres. Obama and the BOP at the addresses below and respectfully ask that Leonard Peltier be provided the medical treatment he needs.

Call to Action: Write, Call and E-mail USP Lewisburg

Demand Leonard's Immediate Transfer to the Mayo Clinic!

The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee urgently calls upon all supporters to consistently and constantly contact USP Lewisburg to demand Leonard Peltier be immediately transferred to the Mayo Clinic for a full medical evaluation and appropriate treatment. As many of you know, Leonard has exhibited symptoms of prostate cancer for over a year. After months of pressure by attorneys, Leonard underwent blood tests in June of 2010. Those results were not made available until early November 2010. A biopsy was indicated which was ordered by a physician and approved by the prison. However, the biopsy has not been performed. The delay in testing, diagnosis, and treatment is unacceptable and constitutes medical neglect.

Please, in contacting USP Lewisburg, refrain from speaking out of anger. Your outrage, disgust and frustration can and should be expressed in a respectful yet forceful manner.

To be clear, we still need to keep the pressure on the White House, so keep making those calls and writing those letters to President Obama.

Contacts:

The White House

President Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Comment Line: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
Web Form: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Bureau of Prisons (Be certain to always reference "Leonard Peltier #89637-132" when contacting the BOP)

Warden Bledsoe
USP Lewisburg
U.S. Penitentiary
2400 Robert F. Miller Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: 570-523-1251
Fax: 570-522-7745
E-mail address: LEW/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV

BOP may start blocking e-mail addresses and phone numbers, so you may want to use several different e-mail addresses and phone numbers to make your point.

FREE LEONARD PELTIER!

Thank you for all you do on Leonard's behalf.


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(701) 235-2206 (Phone)
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