http://iacenter.org/savemumiaslife4-5-15/
SAVE THE LIFE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
STOP HIS EXECUTION BY MEDICAL NEGLECT!
DON’T LET THE STATE MURDER ANOTHER BLACK LEADER!
SHUT IT DOWN FOR MUMIA!
Stopped from carrying out the death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal by a worldwide movement that spanned three decades, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has been attempting over the past three months to execute him by medical neglect.
On March 30, Abu-Jamal was rushed, unconscious, to the Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa., suffering from diabetic shock, with a dangerously high blood sugar level of 779. After just two days of treatment in the hospital’s ICU, on April 1, Abu-Jamal was returned to the prison infirmary at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville, Pa., into the hands of the very same doctors whose medical neglect and mistreatment nearly killed him.
Prison officials initially denied visits by family members, supporters and Abu-Jamal’s attorneys and only backed down after receiving thousands of calls. Those able to visit Mumia on April 3 reported he was extremely weak, had lost 80 pounds, and still had elevated blood sugar levels over 300. For lunch that day the prison fed him spaghetti, one of the worst foods to give a diabetic patient.
The murder of aging political prisoners by denying them inadequate health care has happened before. Earlier this year, MOVE 9 member Phil Africa died under suspicious circumstances at SCI Dallas. The lack of standard medical treatment impacts all prisoners, particularly those over 55.
There is now an international emergency call to put every kind of people’s pressure possible on Pennsylvania. Call the numbers below NOW! Organize protests actions wherever you are. Talk to your local media. Organize actions for the international day of action Friday, April 10.
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Call, fax and email the following state officials to raise the above demands:
Mahonoy Prison Superintendent John Kerestes: 570-773 2158, contactdoc@pa.gov
Further there is: To reach the Office of Special Investigations and Intelligence directly without being worried about anonymity, call:
(717) 728-2033Demands:
– Allow Mumia to be seen by diabetes, nutritional and dermatology specialists of his choice;
– Release his medical records as requested by his attorneys;
– Allow full visitation for family and supporters;
– Stop the state’s efforts to murder Mumia through medical neglect
– Allow a full investigation of prison health care in Pennsylvania.
– Mumia is innocent and should never have been incarcerated. We demand his immediate release.
There may be other demands that have been raised, but these are the urgent ones.
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Twitter widely using the hashtags #mumiamustlive, #saveMumia and #Blacklivesmatter.
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We are calling on everyone to participate in the following actions over the next few days:
1.) Monday, April 6: Caravan to the Department of Corrections (DOC) in Mechanicsburg, PA. Arrival at 11AM. Demand to Meet with John Wetzel.
2.) Tuesday, April 7: Press conference in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. outside / District Attorney Seth Williams’ office at Juniper Street & South Penn Square (across from City Hall, near Macy’s).
3.) Friday, April 10: For Mumia, National Day of Action
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