Police and Prisons

Philadelphia, PA – On November 6, 2010, during African People's Solidarity Day in Philadelphia comrade sister Pam Africa announced to the crowd of more than 50 that a list had been compiled by an organization called the Institute for Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR) which included the name Diop Olugbala/Wali Rahman, President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM).

Oakland - November 6, 2010 - The Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant (ONYX Organizing Committee, The New Years Movement, The General Assembly for Justice for Oscar Grant) condemns the activity of the Oakland Police Department leading up to, during and following the rally held on November 5th, 2010 in response to the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant, III.

LONDON – Members of the African People’s Socialist Party UK (APSP-UK) attended a rally at the Ecuadorian Consulate in the Uganda House at Trafalgar Square in London on October 1, 2010.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations abhors the actions of the US soldiers involved in the killing of Afghan men for sport.

LONDON – Jimmy Mubenga, a father of four who sought asylum in the UK as an Angola national, did not find the freedom nor safety he was looking for.

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.

The African Socialist International (ASI) denounces the assassination of Armand Mudiandambu Tungulu by security forces of President Kabila on 1 October 2010 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.