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To All Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal,

The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal urges you to participate in the
fight to save Mumia's life! Please come to the next meeting of the
Mobilization, Saturday, August 5th at 10:30 am at the Mobilization office:
298 Valencia St., at 14th St. in San Francisco (near 16th St. Bart).

We will be organizing our participation in several important actions coming
up, where we will have speakers and literature tables to update everyone on
this critical juncture in Mumia's case, and the important activities that
the Mobilization is working on this summer and fall. The response among
artists and performers to the SF concert on Sunday, September 17th has been
fantastic. Please come to the meeting this Saturday to help plan the
publicity and media work for the event.

**8/5 - SF Organizing Meeting, SF - 10:30 am, address above

**8/12 - Peace Rally - 11am, Civic Center, SF - volunteer at the table for
Mumia

**9/9 - Power to the Peaceful Concert - Golden Gate Park, SF - volunteer at
the table for Mumia

**9/15 - Mumia Rally - Alameda County Courthouse, 12th Street and Fallon,
south side, Oakland, CA, 4:00pm - 6:30pm (initiated by Labor Action
Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, 510-763-2347 LACFreeMumia [at] aol.com

**9/17 - MUMIA FUNDRAISING CONCERT - GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SF

**Please see the attached PDF-file of a letter from members of German
Parliament to PA Governor Rendell demanding Mumia's immediate release!
(the text is also included below)



STOP THE EXECUTION - MUMIA IS INNOCENT - FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!

In solidarity,

Laura Herrera and Jeff Mackler, Co-coordinators
The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
298 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-255-1085
alerts [at] freemumia.org http://freemumia.org

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From members of German Parliament:
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Governor Edward G. Rendell
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania 17120
USA

Inge Höger
Stellvertretende Vorsitzende
Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag

Michael Leutert
Menschenrechtspolitischer Sprecher
Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag

Heike Hänsel
Entwicklungspolitische Sprecherin
Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin

Jakob-Kaiser-Haus
Raum 1.842
@ (030) 227 - 74 330
@ (030) 227 - 76 339
x inge.hoeger-neuling [at] bundestag.de

For the Immediate Release of Mumia Abu Jamal

Together with hundreds of thousands of others all over the world, we demand
the immediate release from custody of US journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, and
the lifting of the death sentence passed on him.

Mumia has been on death row for 25 years now. The political motivation
behind his verdict is obvious. As an activist against the ubiquitous racism
of US society, he was sentenced in a trial that failed to meet basic legal
standards. The evidence in his favor is overwhelming, and its neglect by
the relevant judicial authorities constitutes a scandal in its own right.

The death penalty was abolished in Germany after the horric experience of
the Nazis' reign of terror. It is an inhumane and unjustifiable arrogation
of state power. In maintaining the death penalty, the US puts itself in the
company of countries such as North Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, and
Iran.

We urgently call on the Governor of the state of Pennsylvania, Mr. Edward
G. Rendell, to utilize all means available to bring about justice for Mumia
Abu Jamal. That would include his immediate release from prison, the
lifting of the death sentence, and appropriate compensation for the
considerable part of his life that Mumia Abu Jamal has spent as an innocent
man under the desolate conditions of a death cell. This would be a victory
for justice und human rights, and it might help recover, after Abu Ghraib
and Guantanamo, some of the United States' reputation as a democracy and a
country where the rule of law is respected.

Inge Höger
Michael Leuter, MdB
Heike Hänsel, MdB
Deputy Chair DIE LINKE. Human Rights Development Policy parliamentary group
Policy Spokesman Spokeswoman in the German Bundestag
Berlin, June 22 2006