Celebrate
MUMIA's
Birthday
April 24
F R E E
Mumia Abu-Jamal
& ALL
Political Prisoners
NYC
Coalition
FreeMumia.com
212.330.8029
Hear Mumia's columns on:
New Book by Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Jailhouse Lawyers:
Prisoners Defending Prisoners vs. the U.S.A.”
(City Lights Books, 2009). This is the sixth book written by Abu-Jamal during his twenty-five-plus years on Pennsylvania’s death row.
Why Mumia is a hero to Young people
An interview with author
J. Patrick O’ConnorThe Framing
of Mumia
Abu-Jamal
Posted June 25
JULY 13 at the Hilton Hotel
JUSTICE FOR TROY DAVIS AND MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
NAACP: Join the Campaign for a Civil Rights
Investigation of the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
WE MUST ACT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
In 2004, the NAACP voted unanimously (with one "nay" vote) to "reiterate its support of the international movement for a new and fair trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal."
Yet the organization has done nothing since that time to ensure justice for Mumia. This April, the US Supreme Court ruled on Mumia Abu-Jamal's 27- year struggle
against injustice and racism in the courts: no new trial, no hearing, no opportunity for the mounds of evidence of Mumia's innocence to be presented,
no recognition of the widely denounced violations of Mumia's constitutional rights, especiall, of racial bias.
Eric Holder and the Justice Department have the power to review Mumia's conviction and officially air the evidence that can overturn it!
The NAACP, as the oldest civil rights organization in this country, has to live up to its promise of 2004 and to its historic mandate.
Posted May 7, 2009
Emergency Rally Friday, May 8, 4-6 pm
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building 163 West 125th Street Community
Meeting will follow at 6:30 pm at St. Mary’s Church, 521 West 126th Street between Broadway and AmsterdamThe following call was sent out by the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC): We call on our elected officials to speak out on the threatened execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal Despite mounds of evidence of his innocence and ample legal basis for overturning his conviction, and after 27 years of police, prosecutorial, and judicial misconduct, Mumia has been denied a new trial by the U.S. Supreme Court. He now faces execution or life in prison without parole.
All indications are that the District Attorney of Philadelphia, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the media supporters of both will be relentless in continuing to seek Mumia’s execution. We are demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder conduct a civil rights investigation of this case based on the ongoing conspiracy to deny Mumia his constitutional rights.
Sign the International Online Petition for Justice for Mumia!Posted April 18
On Friday, April 24, Mumia's 55th birthday, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal are calling for worldwide "Honk for Mumia" celebrations of resistance. Pick as many sites as you can in your local area at 12 noon or after work with signs and banners at intersections saying "Honk for Mumia"!Posted April 15
URGENT Sign the
International Online Petition for Justice for Mumia!Where: Church of the Advocate, 1801 W. Diamond St., Philadelphia, PA
When: 6 pm Contact: International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal 215-476-8812
Where: Riverside Church, 120th St. & Claremont Ave., Room 411, MLK Wing
When: 4 pm Contact: 212 330 8029 or www.freemumia.com
Posted April 2009
Struggle intensifies to free MumiaPosted April 10
On Wednesday Evening, April 29th 2009 · Newark Public Library · 4th Floor Auditorium · 5 Washington St.
Come and Participate in an Emergency Community Forum and Book Party!
RACE MATTERS - THE DEATH PENALTY
& THE INCREDIBLE CASE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
Listen to the April 9, 2009 WBAI Radio show "Where We Live"
focusing on the case of death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the April 4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which rejected Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new guilt phase trial. The show is hosted by
Suzanne Ross, who is Co-Chair of the New York City Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, and features as guests:
Pam Africa, Coordinator of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Linn Washington Jr, Philadelphia Tribune columnist and Temple University professor of journalism
Vincent Southerland, Assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
April 9 - EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION - Meeting Sat., April 11 - 6 pm - Solidarity Center 55 W 17 St, 5C Fl, NYC with Mumia's vicious kaptors putting out a rumor that Mumia had been found dead in his cell, please treat this announcement withthe utmost seriousness. ...
Posted April 6
The US Supreme Court has turned down Mumia's perfectly precedented appeal re striking Blacks from juries. In the historic Batson decision in 1986, as well as in the recent Texas case of Thomas miller-El, the Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors cannot strike jurors on the basis of race.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/06/mumia.supreme.court/
Posted April 2
Posted April 1
Download leaflet for the Philadelphia Celebration
of Mumia Abu Jamal's New book:
"Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners vs. the U.S.A.”
(City Lights Books, 2009).Posted April 1
The latest twist in the Mumia Case
Supreme test
By Linn Washington
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
U.S. Supreme Court developments regarding
Mumia Abu-Jamal, death row
Dec 6 Int’l Day of Actions in cities across the U.S. & the World
U.S. activists in solidarity with political prisoner Mumia Abu-JamalPeople's Video Network in NYC has produced 2 videos from the demonstration supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia on Dec. 6, 2008.
The first video titled "New Evidence for Mumia" features Ramona Africa of MOVE, a solidarity message from Venezuela, a presentation at the crime scene by Journalists for Mumia focusing on alleged eye witness Robert Chobert's missing taxi and testimony from Billy Cook's trial, and most dramatically Pam Africa in front of DA Lynne Abraham's office detailing the different new evidence of both DA misconduct and Mumia's innocence. Africa focused particularly on the newly discovered crime scene photos that were suppressed by the DA in 1982 and 1995. Africa handed the new evidence to Civil Affairs Captain William Fisher for him to deliver to DA Abraham. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5M1qRamSGo
The second video titled "Youth for Mumia" is from the conclusion of the protest march in front of the Federal Court at 6th and Market, where Mumia's oral arguments took place on May 17, 2007. Featured are Pam Africa and Isolina from Iglesia San Romero de las Americas. Also featured are Monica Moorehead of the International Action Center, and Larry Hale of Fight Imperialism—Stand Together (FIST) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-vJCt9XS8
December 6, 2008
Lucasville, Ohio Political Prisoners support Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Journalists for Mumia flyer to reflect the news that the DA is appealing to execute Mumia without a new sentencing trial, as well as the new deadlines for the petitions to the US Supreme Court, and the flyer is also at the link here:
http://abu-jamal-news.com/docs/crflyer.pdf
Posted Sept. 12, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court litigation on behalf of
Mumia Abu-Jamal, death row, Pennsylvania
From: Robert R. Bryan, lead counselPosted July 24,2008 Friday, July 25
Given the bad news we just received regarding the Third Circuit's refusal to reconsider Mumia's appeal,
and the limited legal options now open to him, we have decided to call this open meeting
for all interested and able to come. We know it is very short notice but Attorney Soffiyah Elija,
who is one of Mumia's attorneys at this stage of the proceedings and who just visited Mumia this past Monday,
is only available this Friday. So join us to better understand the legal situation and to plan our next steps of RESISTANCE!
ONA MOVE!
July 17, 2008
On July 7, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia filed a petition on the case of death-row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Robert R. Bryan, lead counsel for Abu-Jamal, submitted the petition on June 27 focusing on the racist exclusion of Black jurors during Abu-Jamal’s original trial in 1982.
Abu-Jamal was convicted of first degree murder of a white police officer on July 3, 1982, and has been fighting for the right to a new trial to prove his innocence. He was denied the right to legal representation at his trial and was railroaded to Pennsylvania’s death row due to his revolutionary politics.
If the Third Circuit rules against the petition, the next appeal will be sent to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- from Monica Moorehead
July 7 Article on developments by David Lindorf
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mumia-Abu-Jamal-s-Long-Sho-by-Dave-Lindorff-080707-97.htmlJune 10, 2008
Legal Update on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is still on Pennsylvania’s death row.
From Robert R. Bryan, lead counselApril 11, 2008March 30, 2008
Mobilize for Mumia's Life!
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Political Prisoners!
