Spear staff

Below are more letters from people around the world, sent to judge Roxanne Covington demanding Diop be set free at his October 13 sentencing hearing. They are being published unedited.

MINNEAPOLIS – On Tuesday, October 5 the Uhuru Movement joined a demonstration outside the FBI office in downtown Minneapolis. Activists targeted in recent FBI raids announced they will not testify at the grand jury to which they have been subpoenaed.

Below are some of the letters that were sent to judge Roxanne Covington this past week demanding Diop be set free at his October 13 sentencing hearing. We are still asking the world community to keep calling, emailing and mailing your support for the demand to free Diop.

HOUSTON — On Saturday, September 18, 2010, the All African People's Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) and community members came together at the Fifth Ward Community Garden and Food Co-op to clear its rows of summer’s growth and prepare for a bumper fall crop.

PHILADELPHIA — On Friday, September 17, organizations such as the New Black Panther Party, MOVE, Poor Righteous Party of the Black Nation, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) marched with the African community and the family of Askia Sabur on the 19th police district, demanding justice for Askia and the entire black community.

JACKSON, Mississippi — On a hot day in Mississippi, around 300 people filled the streets as they marched demanding the release of Jamie and Gladys Scott who have spent the past 15 years unjustly imprisoned.

In September of 1960, the African Liberation Movement was in high gear, asserting its independent and revolutionary trajectory.

On Sunday, September 5, Manuel Jamines Xum, a 37-year-old Mayan worker and father was brutally murdered by Los Angeles police who claimed he threatened police with a knife.

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