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Supporters Demand Prison Release of Mumia Abu-Jamal as He Suffers COVID-19 Symptoms

HeadlineMar 01, 2021

In Philadelphia, supporters of renowned political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered Saturday across from City Hall demanding the medically vulnerable 66-year-old be released from prison, after he started experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. This is Mumia Abu-Jamal’s grandson.

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s grandson: “They want to bury my grandfather’s name and the fight for Black liberation. They want to bury that. We ain’t gonna let them bury that.”

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