Political Prisoners Need You Now
| Political Prisoners Need You Now |
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| Written by Robert ID410 |
| Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:25 |
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For the last 27 years, George BaBa Eng has been in prison in upstate New York. In all those years, BaBa has taken an uncompromising position against the inhumane treatment of inmates by prison administrators and individual guards. He has filed numerous lawsuits in the courts challenging this illegal state of affairs. He is a father and grandfather, and since his incarceration he has earned three college degrees. He comes up before the parole board for the third time in December 2005. Because of his "take no nonsense" approach, the prison administrators have released their Klu Klux Klan guards on BaBa. He has spent almost nine years of his sentence in the boxes/special housing units/isolation units of the New York State prison system because of his activities. Now he has again been trapped off by a crazed guard and charged with an infraction that is clearly another set-up. We are calling on all supporters of humane treatment for inmates to join the campaign to get these people off his back so he can finish his remaining time without interference before he goes before the parole board. You can help by doing the following things: Call Comstock Correctional Facility Warden Plescha at (518) 639-5516; register a complaint and demand that BaBa be returned to "population" by writing to Warden Plescha, Comstock Corr. Fac., P.O. Box 51, Comstock NY12821. Or write directly to George BaBa Eng, #77A4777, at the same address. 1 Prisoner, 1 Contact: Imam Jamil Al-Amin In an effort to make sure that all political prisoners receive correspondence, to honor our comrades and educate the masses, each week as part of the 1 Prisoner, 1 Contact Mandate, the POCC (Prisoners of Conscience Committee), Atlanta PE Class, the Drum Collective and several universities have began to write a different political prisoner as a collective effort. This week's political prisoner is our comrade Imam Jamil Al-Amin, one of our strong warriors. This brother was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "snick"), part of the Black Panther Party, and a leader in fixing up the West End area of Atlanta. To find out more information about him, click this link: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/index-bh.html. To hear an interview with Imam Jamil Al-Amin, go to http://panafrican.tv An SF Bay View article about him is at http://www.sfbayview.com/110602 Please plan to join us for a major rally and press conference in support of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, at 12 noon in front of the state prison in Reidsville, Ga., where he is being unjustly incarcerated. The rally and press conference is being held in conjunction with the National Shura meeting of Al Ummah (The Community) under the leadership Imam Jamil Al-Amin in Atlanta from Nov. 26-28. The ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America) Southeast Regional Convention is also taking place in Atlanta that same weekend. Information about the march on Thanksgiving Day is posted to http://www.assatashakur.org/forums/upload/showthread.php?t=939. The current ordeal of Imam Jamil Al-Amin began in March 2000 when two sheriff’s deputies were shot, and Imam Jamil was arrested shortly thereafter in Alabama. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in a trial rife with improprieties. He is still being harassed in prison, including forced strip searches in front of female prison employees. Otis Jackson, who has confessed to the shootings for which Imam Jamil was convicted, is in custody in Miami. We must not allow the world to forget this political prisoner, Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who has been a valiant freedom fighter and Islamic leader all of his adult life! Support and funds are still needed for his legal defense. Donations can be sent to the Justice Fund, P.O. Box 93963, Atlanta GA 30310. For more information, contact Bilal Sunni-Ali, (678) 886-2622, ICSIJAA (International Committee to Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin) or Hodari Abdul-Ali, (301) 728-8949, IJAN (Imam Jamil Action Network). UHURU! Jalil Muntaqim denied his mail by Herman Ferguson The Jericho Movement Political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom) is being unnecessarily harassed by the prison authorities at Auburn Correctional Facility, N.Y. His mail has been held up over the past two months. This includes both his regular mail and his literature. Everyone is asked to phone the Warden of Auburn CF, John Burge, (315) 253-8401, to complain and protest the harassment of this good brother. You are also asked to forward this information to your contacts as well, asking them also to call the warden, telling him to cease and desist from this unlawful behavior by officers at his facility. Jalil’s address is: Anthony Jalil Bottom, 77A-4283, 135 State St., P.O. Box 618, Auburn NY 13024. Keep up with it visit The Jericho Movement |
