Peter Erlinder, law professor at William Mitchell Law School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, long time human rights advocate and Lead Defense Counsel for the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda, was arrested by Rwandan Authorities the morning of Friday, May 28. Prof. Erlinder is a human rights lawyer, president of the defense lawyers' association at the Tribunal and past-President of the National Lawyers Guild.
Please contact your Congressional delegation and tell them to do whatever they can to secure his release.
- Huff-Post article.
- More information on this here: Facebook
- Interview with Peter's daughter at about 26:30.
- Statement from the ABA.
- Contact information for the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda. (To call Rwanda from the USA/Canada, dial 011 + 250 + phone number.)
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