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MUMIA’S LIFE IN DANGER: FROM ICFFMAJ and MOVE

The Move Organization and International Concerned Family and Friends Statement On The Current Situation At Hand With Mumia

This government has been trying to murder Mumia for 34 years. The power of this movement stopped his execution in 1995 and 1999, and got him off of death row. Now they’re deliberately trying to murder him through medical neglect and intentional torture. This situation is urgent and couldn’t be more serious. Mumia is currently in a wheelchair, two days ago he couldn’t stand up, his speech is slurred, and he can barely hold a bottle of water. This isn’t just medical neglect, this is a continuation of the premeditated murder that was set in place when Mumia was shot in the chest, was rammed headfirst into a steel pole, and was then railroaded through the courts and onto deathrow. Just two months ago Phil Africa died under similar suspicious circumstances. We have absolutely no time to waste.

People must treat this as if Mumia’s death warrant has been signed and the execution date is tomorrow, because that’s their intention. They have absolutely no intention of freeing Mumia, and they have no interest in letting him live a long life in prison continuing to be an example of resistance for the world. They want Mumia dead, and if they can do it by medical neglect they will. The only reason Mumia wasn’t executed in 1995, the only reason he was moved off of death row is because the pressure for justice for Mumia was too strong. The only way Mumia is going to live through this attack on his life is if all people step up and immediately demand healthier diet for Mumia and the ability to have outside medical care. We aren’t asking for anything here that hasn’t been done in Pennsylvania prisons before. There are diets in place for people dealing with health problems and they aren’t even giving him that. Since he was prematurely taken from the hospital and put back in the prison where these problems started his blood sugar levels have been rising because they are only giving him foods like pasta that are dangerous with diabetes.

Their intention with all of these side attacks is to distract people from the main point, which is that Mumia is innocent and shouldn’t have served one day in prison in the first place. The sacrifice that Mumia and the MOVE 9 are making, and that Phil and Merle Africa have already given their lives for, is for the benefit of everyone. People must stand up and reciprocate that commitment, today. If you don’t act today his death warrant could be carried out tomorrow.

Friday Rallies for Mumia in NYC, Mechanicsburg, PA!

Protest for Mumia in NYC on Fri. April 3rd
5 pm – 5:45 pm
Federal Building, Broadway side, between Worth & Duane, Manhattan
March @ 5:45 pm to Anti-Police Brutality Rally @ 6 pm at 1 Police Plaza
Int’l Action Center & Free Mumia Coalition

Protest for Mumia in Pennsylvania on Good Friday, April 3rd
Press Conference tomorrow, April 3rd
11am at SCI Mahanoy
301 Morea Rd, Frackville, PA
We will then caravan to the office of the Department of Corrections, 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA
Everyone & everywhere: please KEEP CALLING the head of the Dept. of Corrections, John Wentzel, 717 728-4109, and the prison superintendent., John Kerestes, 570 773-2158 x 8102 and demand that Mumia’s family be able to visit him daily and that doctors of the family’s choosing be allowed to see him. The prison infirmary almost killed Mumia with their “doctor.” When calling, please ask about WESLEY COOK #AM8335.

Mumia transferred back to deadly prison infirmary.

Reporting by Herb Boyd, Amsterdam News, Thurs. April 2, 2015, 9:24am

Weds. 7pm last night, Mumia Abu-Jamal was transferred back to the infirmary at SCI Mahanoy- the same prison infirmary that failed to identify his diabetes, gravely misdiagnosed him, and gave him severely detrimental treatment. – from Prisonradio.org. “Mumia is in pain,” his son says.

“My father is in pain,” Mumia Abu-Jamal’s son Jamal Cook related to his uncle, Keith Cook, after a brief 10-minute visit with him Wednesday at the Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa. “This is what Jamal told me,” Cook said. “They wouldn’t allow me or Wadiya, Mumia’s wife, to visit him.”

Cook was visiting his brother,along with other family members, including his other brother, Bill, hoping to see for himself Abu-Jamal’s condition. “Jamal said that he was having trouble breathing and wasn’t doing as well as he was yesterday,” Cook said. “Not allowing me and Wadiya to visit was clearly a change of rules.

“Mumia will probably be back in prison in a week or so, just as soon as they get his blood sugar down,” Cook continued. Abu-Jamal was rushed to the hospital Monday after experiencing diabetic shock. His blood sugar was recorded at 779 but was later reduced to the 300s.

Abu-Jamal, according to his attorney Bret Grote, had no idea he had diabetes. And Cook said there was no history of the disease in the family. “We had no indication he was diagnosed with diabetes,” Grote said, although he had some health problems recently, including eczema, a skin disorder. Cook was still at the hospital Wednesday afternoon, when he spoke to the Amsterdam News, but said he would be returning to Philadelphia in the evening. “I spent some time with the prison’s Chaplain earlier today,” Cook said, “and he told me that in his 20 years at the prison, the Abu-Jamal family members were the first he had ever known to be allowed in the hospital. I think we were given permission because of the large contingent of people who came with us to the hospital. There was about 20 of us, plus the prison and hospital had been besieged with phone calls.”

It’s no surprise that Abu-Jamal’s condition has drawn such attention. Since his incarceration in 1982, after a conviction for the killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981, he has attracted an army of supporters, including a coterie of celebrities, all demanding either a fair trial or his freedom. For more than a score of years, he languished on death row before being removed three years ago. He is now serving a life sentence.

Given the new visitation rules, the family will have to work out a schedule that will allow them to see Abu-Jamal in a rotation because a family member is allowed only one visit a week. But if Cook is right, next week Abu-Jamal may be back in prison, which is about eight miles from the hospital, and miles away from freedom.

Phil Africa: Urgent Medical Situation!

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Phil Africa of the MOVE 9 is in need of our help. On Monday, January 5, 2015, Phil was transferred from SCI Dallas in Pennsylvania to to a nearby hospital, and both the prison and the hospital have refused to release information about his condition to his family or concerned attorneys, not even his wife!

Please call the prison ASAP to demand that information be released about our brother.
Phil’s info:
William Phillips Africa
AM 4974
Prison Telephone number
SCI DALLAS
570-675-1101 press 0 and ask to speak to the Superintendent.

Please spread the word.

Debbie Africa Denied Parole for Sixth Time

Debbie Sims Africa The Philadelphia Fraternal Order Of Police in conjunction with The Pennsylvania Parole Board and Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams have gone all out to ensure that innocent Move Members stay in prison for the rest of their lives. Despite having employment and housing both established and an excellent prison conduct record and letters of support From people all over the world The PA Parole Board under the orders of The Fraternal Order Of Police denied Debbie Africa parole for the sixth time.

Debbie a loving Grandmother of nine was denied based on the fact that she was considered a risk to the safety of the community even though their were hundreds of letters of support for parole for Debbie from the community. It was stated that due to the fact that Debbie would not accept guilt or show remorse for the crime that her and other Move Members were convicted of she was denied parole. You can look no further than the late trial Judge Edwin S. Malmed who admitted on public radio after sentencing Move Members to 30-100 years that he had not the faintest idea who killed Officer James Ramp and that he was sentencing Move people to prison for being Move members.

freethemove9-green-web-650x385px At this point this isn’t an issue of whether the Move 9 are guilty or innocent. They have all ready been proven innocent and people all over the world know this and these officials that are holding Move members hostage in prison know it. The bottom line is that a crime is being committed. Eight innocent people are being held hostage seven years past their minimum sentence under the orders of The Fraternal Order Of Police. They are doing this in the eyes of the public for everyone to see. When Do You Say Enough Is Enough?

Debbie went before the board back in May 2014 and was denied parole back in June without her or the public knowing about her parole denial. Debbie was denied parole on 6/18/14 but did not receive her paperwork on the denial until August! These legalized terrorists known as the Pennsylvania Board have been exposed for all of their wrongdoing in the eyes of the public and are feeling so much pressure over the issue of the Move 9 they are playing the dirtiest and foulest games to divert the public outcry over these parole denials and hearings.

They can no longer do what they do secretly and we are gonna further expose them and their filth. We are taking this campaign to the next level and are gonna keep exposing the crimes being committed by the Pennsylvania Board, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams. This fight is far from over.

ONA MOVE
The Justice And Accountability Campaign

“Let The Fire Burn” new documentary film about bombing of MOVE

“This MASTERPIECE about an astounding and forgotten moment in recent American history SHOULD BE SEEN FAR AND WIDE.” – Filmmaker Magazine

“Has THE FORCE AND INTRIGUE of a courtroom thriller…Ripples with URGENCY and MORAL COMPLEXITY.”

In the astonishingly gripping Let the Fire Burn, director Jason Osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects: a found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On May 13, 1985, by order of local Philadelphia authorities, police dropped military-grade explosives onto a MOVE-occupied rowhouse. TV cameras captured the conflagration that quickly escalated–and resulted in the tragic deaths of eleven people (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. It was only later discovered that authorities decided to “…let the fire burn.” Using only archival news coverage and interviews, first-time filmmaker Osder has brought to life one of the most tumultuous and largely forgotten clashes between government and citizens in modern American history. See trailer and read more at http://letthefireburn.com.

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