Mumia Abu-Jamal prison radio

Mumia Abu-Jamal is:

an internationally celebrated black writer and radio journalist

author of six books and hundreds of columns and articles

organizer and inspiration for the prison lawyers movement

former member of the Black Panther Party and supporter of Philadelphia’s radical MOVE organization

who has spent the last 30 years in prison, almost all of it in solitary confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row.

His demand for a new trial and freedom is supported by:

heads of state and prominent politicians worldwide (France, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and elsewhere)

Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison, Desmond Tutu

the European and Japanese Parliaments

city governments from San Francisco to Detroit to Paris and its suburbs

distinguished human rights organizations such as Amnesty International

the Congressional Black Caucus and other members of the U.S. Congress

prominent civil rights groups such as the NAACP

numerous labor unions such as

and by scholars, religious leaders, artists, scientists and countless others who cherish democracy, human rights and justice.