[asia-apec 996] Parole Granted! Wolverine to be released (fwd)

[Jaggi Singh]

apparently, wolverine will be released in 8-10 days! i am unclear as to
whether his parole hearing will still be held on january 28. i'm sure
letters of support are still appreciated. -- j

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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:46:33 -0800 (PST)
From: John Shafer <wy430 at victoria.tc.ca>
To: sovernet-l at lists.speakeasy.org
Cc: sisis <sisis at envirolink.org>
Subject: Parole Granted! Wolverine to be released

distribute widely

PUBLIC PRESSURE PERSUADES BC PAROLE BOARD TO FREE WOLVERINE! 
January 13, 1998 Vancouver BC

Ts'peten Defence Committee is reporting that Wolverine, the 67 year old
Shuswap traditionalist being held as a political prisoner by the BC and
Canadian authorities, has been granted parole. Wolverine, aka William
Jones Ignace was sentenced to eight and a half years for his part in an
armed defence of sacred, unceded Shuswap burial and Sundance grounds,
after a local rancher attempted to evict the Ts'peten Sundance Camp near
the BC Interior town of 100 Mile House in the summer of 1995.

The BC and Canadian authorities responded by mounting the largest
paramilitary operation in Canadian history, against the defiant resistors.
The ensuing coverup of the massive force employed, the role of provincial
and federal politicians, and the outrageous and grotesque legal
proceedings that followed, have led to a growing call domestically and
internationally for a full and open public inquiry into "all aspects of
the Gustafsen Lake matter.

Spokespersons with the Ts'peten Defence Committee and Free the Wolverine
Campaign, attributed the granting of parole to the mounting pressure for
the public inquiry and the hope that freeing Wolverine might help to
diffuse this pressure. Wolverine will likely be released in 8 - 10 days.
MANY THANKS TO ALL FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF WOLVERINE, THE TS'PETEN
DEFENDERS AND INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY! PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE
FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY BY SIGNING THE ONLINE PETITION:

http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/support.html
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html

Letters of support can be emailed to sisis at envirolink.org solidarity
greeting and congratulations to Wolverine will be forwarded.

"For every one that goes down ten more will rise up"
                         Wolverine, Gustafsen Lake 1995
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