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Mumia Abu-Jamal, the internationally renowned journalist, Pennsylvania prison inmate and former Black Panther widely considered to be a political prisoner, is now experiencing a health emergency. A Feb. 27 call from Mumia alerted supporters who immediately began a campaign to telephone Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections John Wetzl, Philadelphia District Attorney…
MUMIA HAS COVID!!! URGENT AND IMMEDIATE ACTIONS!
FIRST STEP RALLY TO DEMAND MUMIA’S IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM PRISON BECAUSE HE IS INNOCENT AND IS NOW ALSO DANGEROUSLY ILL WITH COVID.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH
DA LARRY KRASNER’S OFFICE3 PENN PLACE (NEAR CITY HALL) PHILADELPHIA
More details to be announced at tomorrow’s rally and in e-mails and other media channels over the next few days. Stay tuned!!!
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‘Release Mumia NOW!’ was the cry in Philadelphia
By Joe Piette posted on February 17, 2021
Pam Africa (right), speaking at rally, Feb. 15.
Philadelphia
On less than 24 hours’ notice, more than 40 people came out on Feb. 15 to show their opposition to a Feb. 3 legal brief by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a so-called “progressive.” It denies Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to prove his innocence in court.
A member of the Black Panther Party as a teenager, and a justice-seeking journalist known as the “Voice of the Voiceless,” Abu-Jamal was falsely convicted of murder by the racist injustice system almost four decades ago. He was summarily condemned to death row.
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police have done everything possible to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal and bury his fight for justice. In February their obstruction even included filing a “King’s Bench” petition – which sidesteps and preempts all other judicial or appeal procedures – to attempt a change in venue for his appeals hearing.
Pam Africa speaking at Dec. 9 press conference to ‘Free Mumia Now!’ Credit: Joe Piette
But Abu-Jamal’s global supporters, insisting on his innocence and demanding his immediate release, have other ideas.
Twice recently, a broad coalition of U.S. and international groups and individuals has succeeded in gaining major media coverage for the former Black Panther and journalist, who is Pennsylvania’s best-known political prisoner. On Nov. 16, former football star and Black Lives Matter activist Colin Kaepernick issued a statement in support of Abu-Jamal. This aired during a virtual pres