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The Take: Why is Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier still behind bars?

Leonard Peltier has spent nearly 50 years in a US prison. But the fight for his freedom continues.

Indigenous rights activists take part in a rally in support of imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier, at Lafayette Square across from the White House, in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2023
Indigenous rights activists take part in a rally in support of imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier at Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2023 [Mandel Ngan/AFP]
Published On 24 Nov 2023

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been in a United States maximum security prison for nearly 50 years. The US government says he aided in the murder of two FBI agents. But since his trial, allegations of false evidence and coerced testimony have come up. Over the years, the United Nations, activists and Amnesty International have all called for his release.

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In this episode: 

  • Nick Tilsen (@NickTilsen), president of NDN Collective

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by David Enders with Amy Walters, Chloe K Li and our host Malika Bilal. Sonia Bhagat, Ashish Malhotra and Chloe K Li fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera