the jailed native american activist leonard peltier tested positive for covid less than a week after ribing his prison as a torture chamber. peltier, who suffers from multiple health conditions, says he and others held at the cullman federal correctional complex in florida have yet to receive their covid booster shots and describes worsening neglect and uncertainty. in a statement, he writes -- "left alone and without attention is like a torture chamber for the sick and old." the 77-year-old leonard peltier is a native american from the state of north dakota. he has been jailed for 46 years. in 1977, he was convicted of killing two fbi agents during a shootout on south dakota's pine ridge indian reservation in 1975. at the time, peltier was a member of the american indian movement. he has always maintained his innocence. amnesty international considers him a political prisoner who was not granted a fair trial. the 1975 shootout occurred two years after aim occupied the village of wounded knee for 71 days. the occupation of wounded knee is considered the beginning of what people refer

amy: that was leonard peltier. one guest who appeared multiple times over the years is the imprisoned former black panther and journalist mumia abu jabal. >> we just got a call from mumia abu jabal from pitcher in pennsylvania. speaking to us no longer on death row. >> the subject monitoring it. >> you probably heard me refer to life as slow death row. it sound a little dramatic but it is really more truth to it than hyperbole. that is because in pennsylvania it has the highest population or one of the highest of lifers. in fact juveniles with life sentences and in pennsylvania there's no gradation. it is slow death row. when you see as i have seen going to chow or a meal and seeing what i call the million man wheelchair march it makes an impact. you look up in the morning and there are 30 or 40 guys in wheelchairs and although some are young most are quite old. amy: the words of mumia abu jabal. after a break we will continue our look back at the past 25 years of democracy now!. \m amy: on the evening of december

jailed native american activist leonard peltier has described prison as a torture chamber amid constant coronavirus lockdowns. peltier, who suffers from multiple health conditions, says he and others held at the florida feral prison havyet to receive their booster shots and describes worsening neglect and uncertainty. in a statement, peltier writes -- "left alone and without attention is like a torture chamber for the sick and old." 77-year-old peltier is the u.s.'s longest-serving political prisoner, convicted of killing two fbi agents on south dakota's pine ridge reservation in 1975. he has long maintained his innocence. in colombia, indigenous leader josÉ albeiro camayo was assassinated monday in the region of cauca. camayo was a member of the nasa people and one of the founders of the indigenous guard, an unarmed collective of land defenders. indigenous leaders at group of dissident members of farc opened fire on them after demanding respect for the people and territory. among those involved in the attack is a man accused of murdering a 14-year-old indigenous environmentalist earlie