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SummaryAfrican-American journalist and writer Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on death row for 27 years for alleged police murder. Although the evidence is meagre and manipulation for racist and political reasons obvious, Mumia Abu-Jamal is still in mortal danger. His defense team, led by his chief attorney Robert R. Bryan of San Francisco, is striving for a new and fair trial. Despite Barack Obama's election, the lawyers do not consider the chances of this to be favorable. (Mumia is in greater danger than at any time since his 1981 arrest.) The decision will be made in the next few weeks. This is why the Akademie der Künste and the P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland are addressing this urgent appeal to the public. Mumia Abu-Jamal was appointed a member of the American P.E.N. Center in 2007 for his journalistic activities in prison (five books, regular radio broadcasts and newspaper columns). He is an honorary citizen of Paris and is supported by a worldwide solidarity movement.
Gerhart Rudolf Baum Lawyer, Former Federal Minister - Robert R. Bryan Chief Attorney of Mumia Abu-Jamal, San Francisco - Danielle Mitterrand (Paris) - Klaus Staeck President of the Academy of Arts - Günter Wallraff Writer - Johano Strasser Writer, President of the P.E.N. Center
In cooperation with the P.E.N.-Zentrum Germany
(Source: AdK website)
