Imprisoned writer Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks UN intervention after 44 years behind bars
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Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther and imprisoned writer, has petitioned the United Nations working group on arbitrary detention, claiming his 44-year imprisonment for murder is unjust. His lawyers filed the petition after exhausting all legal appeals in US courts. Abu-Jamal, who has authored 15 books, seeks review of his case by the UN Human Rights Council body in Geneva.
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He is 72 years old and has been imprisoned for 44 years.
Mumia Abu-Jamal has exhausted all domestic legal avenues through state and federal courts.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal claims he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
The Guardian- He is 72 years old and has been imprisoned for 44 years.
- He claims innocence and arbitrary detention.
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Loaded language removed<p>The former Black Panther’s lawyers ask a UN panel to review his detention after US legal avenues were exhausted</p><p>As he approaches the 45th anniversary of his incarceration in December, the Black radical writer and prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal claims he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
The GuardianMumia Abu-Jamal has exhausted all domestic legal avenues through state and federal courts.
The GuardianMumia Abu-Jamal is a former Black Panther.
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