The third circuit court of appeals has ruled against a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. They have called for a sentencing hearing which can result in either an execution or life in prison without parole.
Day after plans are in effect
We will be protesting this devestating decision immediatly!
Tomorrow (friday) 3/28
new york city
adam clayton powell state office building
(125th street and adam clayton powell jr blvd)
5pm
at 7:15pm there will be an organizing meeting at saint mary's church on 126 street between old broadway and amsterdam
there will be a massive protest in philadelphia on april 26
more information will be posted promptly!
Spread far and wide!
Mobilize for mumia's life!
Free mumia abu-jamal and all political prisoners!
March 10, 2008
Update from Lead Counsel
Robert Bryan
Feb. 19, 2008
No ruling yet on new trial
Pennsylvania Court rejects a Mumia Appeal
Dec. 18
Mumia's reaction to the Dec. 6 Today Show
(Update from R. Bryan, Mumia lawyer includes transcript of the show)
Dec. 18
NBC airs suppressed evidence in Mumia's Case
Rally at the Today show on Dec 6, 2007 began before sunrise
and grew large and loud. Photo: John Catalinotto
Dec. 8 rally and march in Philadelphia demands freedom
for Mumia Abu-Jamal on deathrow for 26 years
Speakers at the Dec.8, 2007 Philadelphia rally included (top) Monica Moorehead, Pam Africa, Suzanne Ross and (above) Tyneisha Bowens, Sundiata Sadiq and Ramona Africa.
The rally ended with a march and an indoor organizing meeting. Photos Gary Wilson
Dec 2, 2007
Pam Africa Update
Tues, 20 Nov 2007
ACTION ALERT:
Ensure Fairness for Mumia on NBC’s The Today Show!
On Dec. 6, NBC’s The Today Show intends to air a show about Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner’s new book “Murdered By Mumia.” According to the announcement on Michael Smerconish’s website, the show is planning to feature both Smerconish and Faulkner as guests.
The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (FreeMumia.com), Journalists for Mumia (Abu-Jamal-News.com), and Educators for Mumia (EmajOnline.com) have initiated a media-activist campaign urging people to write The Today Show at today@msnbc.com asking them to fairly present both sides of the Mumia Abu-Jamal / Daniel Faulkner case, by also featuring as guests, Linn Washington, Jr. (Philadelphia Tribune columnist and Associate Professor of Journalism at Temple University) and Dr. Suzanne Ross (Clinical Psychologist and Co-Chair of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC).
A sample letter accompanied by an extensive informational press pack (http://www.abu-jamalnews.com/pr/PressPackNov07.pdf) has been created to use for contacting The Today Show. Please take a minute and contact them to ensure fair media coverage of this controversial and important case. For more information click here. . .
November 14, 2007
Update from Mumia Abu-Jamal's lawyer Robert R. Bryan
There are many developments on the legal and other fronts concerning my client, Mumia Abu-Jamal. We remain in active litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and also have issues pending in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Mumia has been honored by fellow writers through acceptance into a prestigious organization, a Nobel Prize winner recently visited him, an excellent new book was released in France, a leading British newspaper has published a major article on Mumia, and a superb film recently premiered in London and Rome. The following are the highlights.
Sept. 10 2007
Legal Update
Dear Friends:
We continue to await a decision from the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, concerning my
client, Mumia Abu-Jamal. ...Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 4, 2007
Legal update
from Mumia Abu-Jamal's
lead attorney,
Robert R. Bryan.
Includes June 1 PDF for briefing before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal. The issues presented include the prosecution falsely manipulating eyewitness testimony, and its use of fabricated evidence.
Mumia Street in Harlem
A June 16 event for the Harlem Campaign to name a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal was an exciting youth-oriented evening. Speakers focused on the struggle to free Mumia, police terror, the criminalization of youth and the gentrification
of Harlem. Immortal Technique gave a
powerful Hip Hop performance.
“Strong support for Mumia and the street naming
campaign was clearly evident in the many statements
the performers and the audience made. The program ended with a rousing statement from Pam Africa about the power of the people, and the demonstration
of that power in the streets of Philadelphia on May 17th.”
— Suzanne Ross from the NY Coalition
to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Ross is pictured in bottom right photo. Seated behind Ross are DeLacy Davis of Black Cops Against Police Brutality and Jaspir Finpho
of the Jamaica NAACP Youth Council. Click to see photos of event
NAACP Legal Defense Fund's amicus curiae brief
in support of a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The brief is 31 pages long and can be accessed at: www.naacpldf.org
Philadelphia • Thursday • May 17
Federal Court hears appeal:
Rainbow Flags for Mumia
Posted May 10 2007
Play VIDEO: May 17th, 2007 is the date for Mumia Abu-Jamal's
last appeal. Come join us in Philadephia to protest
the wrongful imprisonment of our leader.
Play PeoplesVideo.tv
Death row interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Excerpts from a March 1996 interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal, produced by the Peoples Video Network, conducted by Monica Moorehead and Larry Holmes of Workers World Party and videotaped by Key Martin on Pennsylvania's death row.
April 13, 2007
Opposition to DA motion
for court disqualification
|
2/5/07
Update from Mumia's Lawyer Robert R. Bryan
and PDF of letter from the Mayor of Paris
1/7/2007
NAACP Files Brief
Supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal
Condemns racism in black death-row prisoner's original trial
12/17/ 2006
A visit with Mumia Abu-Jamal
in death row,
SCI Greene State Prison, Waynesboro PA
Dec. 9, 2006
Philadelphia rally on 25 anniversary
of Mumia's imprisonment
Pam Africa, above, speaks at a demonstration for Mumia
in front of Philadelpha City Hall on Dec. 9, the
25th
anniversary of Mumia arrest. There were also protests in
Mexico and Paris where 300 rallied for his freeedom.
The two photos below. After marching across
downtown
Philadelphia the protesters
entered a hall for the afternoon rally
Posted on Nov. 24
Philadelphia
Sat., Dec. 9
Dec. 1, 2006 - Linn Washington, a prominent Philadelphia journalist and university
professor,
recently wrote The Mumia Abu-Jamal Case After 25 Years: Still More
Keystone Kops Antics, http://www.counterpunch.org/washington12012006.html
(Click to download) French leaflet for rally on 25th Anniversary of Mumia's imprisonment Dec. 9. Pictured below, Romana Africa, Pam Africa and Julia Wright hold
press
conference with French elected officials at the Paris hôtel de ville to denounce attempts
by Philadelphia right-wing elements including the Fraternal Order of Police
(FOP) to force
French to drop defense of Mumia's innocence.
Banner in photo reads:
"Justice and Freedom for Mumia."
Nov. 30, 2006
St Denis, France reafffirms it's committment to Free Mumia
Press Release from Saint Denis City Hall in response to the demands of a racist group
from Philadelphia to 'unname' Rue Du Mumia Abu-Jama
Nov. 30, 2006 legal Update from Robert R. Bryan
and Response from Mumia
Nov. 16, 2006 Legal update
Recently some Philadelphia politicians contacted officials in France demanding that Paris
revoke Mumia Abu-Jamal's honorary citizenship.
Attached are letters that Mumia and I, as his lead attorney . . .
Oct 23, 2006 Reply brief, U.S. Court of Appeals
Oct. 8, 2006 Legal Up date
Sept. 4, 2006, OnaMOVE!
Protest on Dec. 9
Phila. City Hall, 11:30
FREE MUMIA and all political prisoners
Abolish the racist death penalty
A Quarter of a Century, Stolen!
This December 9th will mark 25 years since the Philadelphia police shot and brutally beat Mumia,
nearly to death. For the last quarter century he has been on death row for a crime he did not commit.
Now, the struggle for his life is at a more critical point than ever. Mass mobilization is needed.
Mark December 9th on your calendar and plan to be at Philadelphia's City Hall at noon.
July 11, 2006
Mumia: More lies fuel movement
for freedom
By Linn Washington, Philadelphia Truibune
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Mumia Abu-Jamal - Brief, U.S. Court of Appeals
Dear Friends:
On July 20, 2006 we filed the Brief of Appellee and Cross Appellant, Mumia Abu-Jamal,
in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia. (Abu-Jamal v. Horn, U.S. Ct.
of Appeals Nos. 01-9014, 02-9001.) It is attached.
(This is a large, 124 page, document. allow time for it to download)
This brief is of great significance concerning my client's right to a fair trial, due process of law,
not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, and equal protection of the law,
guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The issues the court is hearing are:
Claim 14 Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied the right to due process of law and a fair trial because of the prosecutor’s “appeal-after-appeal” argument which encouraged the jury to disregard the presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt, and err on the side of guilt.
Claim 16 Whether the prosecution’s exclusion of African Americans from sitting on the jury violated Mr. Abu-Jamal’s rights to due process and equal protection of the law, and contravened Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).
Claim 25 Whether the verdict form and jury instructions that resulted in the death penalty deprived Mr. Abu-Jamal of the right to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, and violated Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367 (1988), since the judge precluded the jurors from considering any mitigating evidence unless they all agreed on the existence of a particular circumstance.
Claim 29 Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied due process and equal protection of the law during post-conviction hearings as the result of the bias and racism of Judge Albert F. Sabo which included the comment that he was “going to help'em fry the n_ _ _ _ r."
The National Lawyers Guild, and, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., will be filing separate amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in the near future. This should strengthen our quest to see justice done.
It is a is a remarkable accomplishment that the court is hearing issues that go to the very essence of Mr. Abu-Jamal's right to a fair trial. This is the first time that any court has made a ruling that could lead to a new trial and freedom. Nevertheless, he remains on Pennsylvania's death row and in great danger.
Mr. Abu-Jamal, the "voice of the voiceless," is a powerful symbol in the international campaign against the death penalty and for human rights. The goal of Professor Judith L. Ritter, associate counsel, and I is to see that the many wrongs which have occurred in this case are righted and that this brave man is freed.
Your support and concern is appreciated
With best wishes,
Robert R. Bryan
Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan
2088 Union Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, California 94123
Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 7, 2006
Four new videos are now up on PeoplesVideo.tv.
Three are of talks
at the Harlem, N.Y., June 23, 2006 Solidarity meeting for Mumia; the fourth is of Kathleen Cleaver. All
can be found on the Mumia channel on PeoplesVideo.tv: http://peoplesvideo.tv/bm/library.php?i=17
June 29, 2006
The latest Legal Update regarding current developments in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Please feel free to distribute and use this as you see fit. As you know, Mumia remains on Pennsylvania's death row and is in great danger. He is a powerful symbol, the "voice of the voiceless," in the international campaign against the death penalty & for human rights. Our goal is to see that the many wrongs that have occurred in this case are righted and that this courageous man is freed. Click for PDF
From Robert R. Bryan, Mumia Abu-Jamal's lead counsel.
July 1, 2006
At Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
Protest says ‘Free all U.S. political prisoners!’
On July 1 There were banners for Leonard Peltier, the Cuba 5 and Mumia Abu-Jamal in the march to
the federal prison, in Philadelphia, where Antonio Camacho Negrón is held. |
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June
2, 2006
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police
and their allies are in uproar
over naming
of Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal in Saint-Denis France. http://www.freemumia.com
June
1, 2006
The
new Mumia video that was produced in St. Denis, France, in response
to the Philly FOP attacks/Philly Inquirer attacks/city council-
congress attacks on the naming of a street for Mumia is now available
on the Mumia Abu-Jamal channel at PeoplesVideo.tv
April
29, 2006
Street
named for Mumia Abu-Jamal
in Paris, France
See
People's Video Network video
St. Denis Mayor Didier Paillard left, Pam Africa and Julia
Wright at microphone, Mumia lawyer Robert Bryan, far right at
street-naming ceremony before unveiling street sign.
St. Denis Mayor Didier Paillard removes French flag that draped
the new street sign: Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Maguy
Louis sings to the celebrate occasion in an area of Paris near
Nelson Mandela Stadium soon to be named Human Rights Plaza.
Video from France made before the ceremony:
"Inauguration d'une rue Mumia Abu- Jamal à Saint-Denis
Jan.
24 , 2006
Legal
Update from Robert Bryan
Re: Mumia Abu-Jamal v. Martin Horn, Pennsylvania Director
of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals Nos. 01-9014, 02-9001
(death penalty)
Dear
Friends:
Last
month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
Philadelphia, issued the most important decision affecting my
client, Mumia Abu-Jamal, since his arrest nearly a quarter of
a century ago. (See
PDF)
This
is the first time any court has made a ruling that could lead
to a new trial and his freedom. The court has accepted for review
the following issues raised on federal habeas corpus and in the
subsequent appeal, all of which are of great constitutional significance
concerning the right to a fair trial, due process of law, and
equal protection of the law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution:
Claim
14: Whether appellant was denied his constitutional rights due
to the prosecution's trial summation?
Claim
16: Whether the Commonwealth’s use of peremptory challenges
at trial violated appellant's constitutional rights under Batson
v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)?
Claim
29: Whether appellant was denied due process during post-conviction
proceedings as a result of alleged judicial bias?
Claim
14 relates to the prosecutor’s prejudicial argument to the
jury including the comment that if convicted Mumia would have
“appeal after appeal.” That reduced the burden on the
jurors, and turned the concept of reasonable doubt and presumption
of innocence on its head.
Claim
16 concerns the prosecutorial use of peremptory challenges to
remove African-Americans from the jury. The record establishes
that race is a major thread that has run throughout this case
since Mumia’s 1981 arrest.
Claim
29 is about the bias and racism of the trial judge, Albert Sabo.
Evidence was discovered in recent years through a courageous court
stenographer, who overheard the judge say during a trial recess
that he was “going to help ’em fry the n****r.”
Another
issue under consideration by the federal court, Claim 25, pertains
to the death penalty. It addresses whether the death judgment
can stand due to an unfair jury instruction. Mills v. Maryland,
486 U.S. 367 (1988).
The
case is now moving rapidly. The court has issued a schedule for
extensive briefing, with the first brief to be filed by the prosecution.
The District Attorney made a 30-day extension-of-time request,
which has been granted, so its initial brief is now due on February
16. The complicated briefing process will go through the spring.
Then we will present oral argument before a three-judge panel
in the U.S. Court of Appeals.
This
is a giant step in our effort to secure a new and fair trial for
Mumia. Our goal is to win in this life-and-death struggle and
see him walk out of jail a free person. However, we must not forget
that Mumia remains in enormous danger. If the case is lost, he
will die in the execution chamber.
Thank
you for your concern and support in this campaign for justice.
Cordially
yours,
Robert
R. Bryan
=============
Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan
2088 Union Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, California 94123
Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
.
Dec.
6, 2005
A VICTORY
Decision, U.S. Court of Appeals
Download
PDF for Legal Order
[PLEASE CIRCULATE the PDF and letter below]
Dear Friends and Supporters:
Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
issued the most important decision affecting my client, Mumia
Abu-Jamal, since the lower federal court ruling in December 2001.
An order was issued this morning that the court will accept for
review the following issues, all of which are of enormous constitutional
significance and go to the very essence of Mumia's right to a
fair trial due process of law, and equal protection of the law
under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution:
Claim
14: Whether appellant was denied his constitutional rights
due to the prosecution’s trial summation.
Claim
16: Whether the Commonwealth’s use of peremptory challenges
at trial violated appellant’s constitutional rights under
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).
Claim
29: Whether appellant was denied due process during post-conviction
proceedings as a result of alleged judicial bias.
Claim
16: concerns the prosecutorial use of racism in jury selection.
The record establishes beyond question that racism is a major
thread that has run through this case since Mumia's 1981 arrest,
and continues to today. Claim 14 relates to the guilt phase. It
includes the prosecutor's argument that if convicted Mumia would
have "appeal after appeal." That comment effectively
lessened the burden of the jurors, and turned the concept of reasonable
doubt and presumption of innocence on its head.
Claim
29: is about the bias and incredible racism of Judge Albert
Sabo, the trial judge. Unfortunately, it is limited to his conduct
at the 1995 evidentiary (PCRA) hearing, rather than his monstrous
behavior at trial. This restriction is because all of the prior
attorneys mistakenly did not attack Sabo's misconduct at trial,
an unfortunate oversight and mistake.
The
court has also issued a briefing schedule. The case is now on
the fast track, as I have been predicting. The opening briefs
are due to be filed by January 17, 2006.
Please
post this e-mail and the attached Order on your web sites, and
circulate it.
Today
we achieved a great victory in the campaign to win a new trial
and the eventual freedom of Mumia.
Your
support, and activism, is badly needed and appreciated.
With
best wishes,
Robert
R. Bryan
Law
Offices of Robert R. Bryan
2088 Union Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, California 94123
Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
.
Monica
Moorehead interviews Mumia re:
his recent visit with Minister Louis Farrakhan.
To listen to the audio interview go to
http://www.prisonradio.org/Farrakhan.htm
.
Philadelphia, June 16
Mumia supporters
protest
latest legal setback
June
12, 2005
Stop the conspiracy to frameup & murder Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Emergency Protest & Resistance on: June
16
May
27 dismissal legal
brief for a new Post Conviction Relief Act hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Posted
June, 2005
April
23rd in Harlem, NY & San Francisco.
Celebrating
Mumia's 51 Birthday
Political
prisoner 23 years too many on death row
Photos
by Monica Moorehead and G. Dunkel
02/17/05
PHILADELPHIA
On
Feb. 11 people say: FREE MUMIA NOW!
Top,
hundreds march in Philadelphia on Feb. 11. Photo: Ann Lamb.
Middle and above, many people honk for Mumia as the march gathered.
Above, speakers in the Peoples' Court demand that Mumia's case
be retried
based on the suppressed evidence.
Photos:
Anne Pruden
Posted
Jan 30, 2005
Demonstrate
for MUMIA
Time is running out
FEB
11 Come to a press conference and a hearing-
The Peoples' Court in Philadelphia
10
am Meet at AFSC
11 am March
to the Criminal Justice Bldg.
1:30 -5 pm People's hearing on Mumia's innocence-AFSC
.
'Let
the evidence
be heard'
Demanding
that the truth be heard in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, supporters
will go ahead with a planned demonstration Feb. 11 in Philadelphia
despite the cancellation of a hearing on his case scheduled for
that day in front of Pennsylvania State Court Judge Pamela Dembe.
According
to Abu-Jamal's attorney Robert R. Bryan, however, the Johnson
Ruling has nothing to do with the evidence being presented. Dembe's
latest ruling is clearly just one more in a long history of blatant
denials of justice in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. .
. . .
Call
Judge Dembe to demand that Mumia's hearing be reinstated with
him present. Dembe's phone number is 215-683-7148; her fax number
is 215-683-7150.
For
more information go Mumia.org
Posted
Dec 20, 2004
Legal
update on the appeals process of Mumia Abu-Jamal
December
19, 2004
Black
legislators
support Mumia’s release
December
9, 2004 - New York City
Task
force formed to support Mumia
Call for a national and international day
of action on April 23, the day before Mumia Abu-Jamal's 51st birthday
APRIL
27, 2004
Excerpts
from a legal update written by attorney Robert R. Bryan, lead
counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
U.S.
Supreme Court:
We filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the U.S Supreme
Court on March 8, 2004. Abu-Jamal vs. Pennsylvania, U.S. Supreme
Court No. 03-9390.
The
issues concern the denial of relief by the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court on October 8, 2003. They include:
(1) the state court's refusal to even consider the issue of racism
and bias of the trial judge, who stated to court personnel regarding
Mumia: "Yeah, and I'm going to help 'em fry the n------";
and
(2) the impropriety of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge deciding
the case on appeal, because as the former District Attorney in
the case he argued for the execution of Mumia.
Court
of Common Pleas, Philadelphia: On December 8, 2003, I filed a
Petition for Habeas Corpus Relief Pursuant To Article I, Section
14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and for Statutory Relief
Post-Conviction Relief Under the Post-Conviction Relief Act.
Commonwealth
vs. Abu-Jamal, Court of Common Pleas Nos. 1357-135: In response
to a motion of the District Attorney, we submitted a Reply To
Motion To Dismiss on February 13, 2004. The issues concern newly
discovered evidence of innocence.
We
now have conclusive evidence that the prosecution's key witness,
Cynthia White, lied at trial when she stated that Mumia shot the
police officer. In fact, she was not even present when the shooting
occurred, but was coerced by police investigators to lie in order
to secure a conviction against Mumia. Also, there is additional
evidence that the police fabricated evidence that Mumia admitted
to the shooting in the hospital. In fact, the only thing he said
was, "Get off me, get off me, they're trying to kill me."
We
are also on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit-- Abu-Jamal v. Horn, Nos. 01-9014 and 02-9001. My latest
Status Report was filed on March 14, 2004.
Those
proceedings are presently stayed pending a decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court. The government is aggressively trying to kill Mumia.
From death row he continues to write and speak out against injustice
throughout the world. The authorities realize that the only way
they can silence Mumia is through executing him. I am confident
that though the combination of the Movement and high caliber lawyering,
we can win.
April
24: 'Free Mumia & all political prisoners'
By
Betsey Piette
Philadelphia
Close
to 1,000 people participated in a march and car caravan through
the streets of West Philadelphia on April 24 to demand freedom
for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and to celebrate his contributions
to the struggle for liberation on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
This demonstration stretched for blocks in this neighborhood where
Abu-Jamal spent much of his youth. . . .
New
York City Postal Union march for Mumia
in Philadelphia on April 24 (See
Story)
 April
24, 2004 Philadelphia
Photos by Deirdre Griswold
April
24, 2004 San Francisco
A
march of several hundred people through the heart of the Mission
District of San Francisco on April 24 brought attention to the
case of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal on his 50th birthday.
There were opening and closing rallies at 16th and 24th streets.
The demonstration was the highlight of a weekend of activity to
raise awareness around Mumia's case that included a film festival
in his honor.
Photo and story from Bill Hackwell
Below
photos from a demonstration in Paris, France on December13, 2003,
part of the international protest on the 22nd anniversary of Mumia's
arrest.
For
more, also see: Activists prepare spring offensive for Mumia Abu-Jamal
I
send you the pictures I took during the demonstration in Paris,
December 12, 2003. I made the big banner with Mumia's face with
my boss in the graphic enterprise where I use to work.
International
solidarity is a reality and we support your work.
Gérald from Paris
December
13, 2003
Activists
prepare spring offensive for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Despite
freezing temperatures, several hundred activists from around the
North east marched outdoors Dec. 13, then met indoors at Benjamin
Franklin High School, all to demand the release of African American
political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The International Concerned
Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal hosted the event.
Dec.
9 was the 22nd anniversary of Abu-Jamal's arrest for the alleged
murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner. The indoor meeting included
a talk by Philadelphia attorney Michael Coard, who gave a comprehensive
overview of Abu-Jamal's legal case. Coard presented factual evidence
to demonstrate the prisoner's innocence and also to expose the
sham of a trial that sent him to death row.
Other
speakers included Pam Africa from ICFFMAJ and Terri-Maurer Carter,
a former court stenographer who overheard racist remarks about
Abu-Jamal made in 1982 by hanging-Judge Albert Sabo, who presided
over the original trial.
After
the presentations, activists converged into various workgroups
to begin strategizing on how to build for a major spring mobilization
for Abu-Jamal on April 24, the imprisoned journalist's 50th birthday.
One
suggestion from the work groups was to provide a wider distribution
of Abu-Jamal's own recorded talks via e-mail and the internet.
Another was to broadcast his political commentaries at upcoming
anti-war demonstra-tions, especially the March 20 worldwide mobilization
on the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Mumia
Abu-Jamal's case has come to symbolize the worldwide struggle
against the death penalty as well as racist and class repression.
A
very wide range of organizations were represented at the event,
including the Cuba Solidarity Network, the Free the Cuban Five
Committee, International Action Center, the New York Free Mumia
Coalition, Uhuru, various anarchist networks, Refuse and Resist,
Labor for Mumia, Pro Libertad, Green Party, Jericho Movement and
the Republic of New Africa.
-
Sue Harris and Monica Moorehead, Philadelphia
To
contact the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia
Abu-Jamal, e-mail: icffmaj@aol.com or go online to
www.mumia.org
.
.
FREE
MUMIA!
FREE
THE MOVE 9!
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
Nov.
1, 2003. Philadelphia
Court Refuses to hear evidence
Mumia
activists again
demand justice
March
in Philadelphia, left and right, Pam Africa speaks at rally on
July 4, 2003
Photos: Deirdre Griswold
Place
de Concorde - Paris, France - 4th of July, 2003 French
supporters of Mumia assembled in front of the American Embassy
and Consulate to celebrate the 4th of July!
Watch the video here: http://advaloreminternational.com/videos/mumia.html
Note: You must have Quicktime 5.02 or later installed
.
A
statement issued on Sept. 10 by International Concerned Family
and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal on his current health crisis
Sept.
10 an Update on Mumia's Health
Prison Health is a Human Rights Issue
Photo:
Deirdre Griswold
A
videotape was shown from a flat bed truck at 13th
and Locust Streets, the site where Abu-Jamal's arrest took
place 21 years ago on Dec. 9,. The tape allowed everyone
there to see and hear Arnold Beverly, a hit man for the mob,
confess that he had killed Daniel Faulkner, the police officer
Mumia was convicted of shooting.
.
Photo
by Pat Chin of performers and supporters of Mumia at Brooklyn's
House of the Lord Church on April 5
March
28 to April 5-NYC
Report on Free Mumia Week
Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal week was observed in the U.S. and worldwide from
March 28 to April 5. Abu-Jamal is the award-winning, revolutionary
African American journalist who has been languishing on Pennsylvania's
death row for almost 21 years. Racist state and federal courts
have refused to hear evidence proving that he is innocent of the
1981 killing of a Philadelphia police officer.
In
New York, a March 28th event for Abu-Jamal was hosted by the Jericho
Move ment, which helps bring much-needed attention to the plight
of U.S. political prisoners. On April 1, Pam Africa, leader of
the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the International Action
Center. On April 5, the ICFFMAJ and the New York Free Mumia Coalition
held a fundraiser in Brooklyn at the House of the Lord Church.
April
24 will be Abu-Jamal's 49th birthday and the seventh anniversary
of the passing of the Effective Death Penalty Act, which severely
restricts death row inmates' right of habeas corpus in federal
appeals to challenge first-degree murder convictions. A mobilization
calling for freedom for Mumia will be held in Philadelphia on
that date..
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If
you are interested in airing "Dispatches From Death Row"
new recordings by Mumia Abu-Jamal, please contact prison radio.
If
you air his radio essays on a regular basis we will send you compact
discs of his essays as he records them, you can also download
mp3's of his radio commentaries from
www.prisonradio.org
.
Arnold
Beverly's confession must be heard
Demand Mumia's release now!
MUMIA
ABU-JAMAL STILL INNOCENT!
STILL ON DEATH ROW!
The
governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell and ran on a "kill Mumia"
campaign. This despite massive evidence proving Mumia's innocence
and a confession by another man, Arnold Beverly, that he, not
Mumia, shot Officer Faulkner. On August 27, 2002, Mumia's legal
team filed an appeal of Judge Dembe's November 21, 2001 decision.
They compare Dembe's ruling to the infamous Dred Scott decision
stating that the Black man has no rights that the white man has
to respect.
There
has been a corporate media blockade of any news relating to Mumia's
case or to Mumia himself. Even his commentaries have been banned
and censored. Whose voice, even from the depths of death row in
SCI Greene in Pennsylvania, have we heard on one aspect after
another of this U.S. drive for worldwide domination? Each powerful
message Mumia writes makes his enemies hate him still more and
become more determined to kill him even though they know he's
innocent.
Now
more than ever, we must support Mumia Abu-Jamal, a leading antiwar
voice, a victim of government repression, a leading fighter for
justice and peace.
BEVERLY'S
CONFESSION MUST BE HEARD! DEMAND MUMIA'S RELEASE NOW!
International
Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal •
www.Mumia.org
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International
Action Center
39 West 14th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10011
www.IACenter.org
email: iacenter@action-mail.org
En Espanol: el_iac@yahoo.com
phone: 212 633-6646
fax: 212 633-2889
Support
MUMIA'
s
Legal Defense Fund!
Funds are urgently needed
Contact
Philadelphia
International Concerned
Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
info: 215-476-8812
www.Mumia.org
You
can write to Mumia at
#AM8335,
175 Progress Drive,
Waynesburg, PA 15370)
Local Cultural Events and
Fundraisers held nationally!
For
news overage from the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31363-2002Aug17.html
Updated
Aug 18, 2002
REPARATIONS
A working class and anti-racist issue
Slavery
is a crime against humanity. There
is no statute of limitations. Justice demands reparations-the
payment for hundreds of years
of unpaid labor. The government's promise of
40 acres and a mule following the legal end of slavery was never
met. The wealth of this country was built on the backs of African
slave labor along with the theft of Indian lands, low paid immigrant
workers, bloody wars of expansion, plunder and much more....
June
6, 2002
Reparations
& Black Liberation
July
7, 2002
Drive
a stake in slavery's rotten heart
'Pay reparations, free political prisoners'
Posted
July 11, 2002
July
4, Philadelphia
Demonstration to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal &
stop U.S. repression worldwide on July 4 in Philadelphia
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