by Renée Feltz | Jul 28, 2026 | compassionate release, Human Rights, Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, News, Pennsylvania, Prisons, UN, United Nations
World-renowned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is 72 years old, suffering multiple health problems, and may die in prison, say legal advocates in a new request they filed today that asks the United Nations to support his release. Abu-Jamal’s legal team decided to appeal to the UN after having exhausted nearly every legal avenue for relief available in the United States. Abu-Jamal was a…
Source
by Amy Goodman | Dec 9, 2025 | health care, Interview, medical care, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Political Prisoners
Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are on a 103-mile, 12-day march ending Tuesday in Frackville, Pennsylvania, where he is imprisoned at the Mahanoy state prison. The march ends on the same day Abu-Jamal was arrested in 1981 for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, for which he has always maintained his innocence. One of the best-known political prisoners in the world…
Source
