The Japanese Rail Union, Doro-Chiba, along with the defense committee for Japanese political prisoner Hoshino Fumiaki, have issued a letter calling for Mumia’s release and the disclosure of all files by the Pennsylvania DA.

Hoshino Fumiaki is Japan’s most famous political prisoner. He was framed for murdering a policeman by the Japanese government in retaliation for protesting against the Okinawa Reversion  Agreement, which ratified the continuing  US bases  in Okinawa, in 1971.

A link to the letter and the text are below.

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 has passed a resolution calling for full disclosure of all the police and prosecutorial files in Mumia’s case. A link to the resolution, and an accompanying letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, is below:

ILWU Local 10 Resolution to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
ILWU Local 10 Letter for Mumia

The files are necessary in order to determine the involvement of then-Philadelphia DA, and later Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice, Ron Castille’s involvement in calling for the death penalty for Mumia. The US Supreme Court recently ruled that a judge cannot preside over appeals by a prisoner for whom he was  personally involved in seeking the death penalty, and the files, which the Philadelphia DA refuses to provide, undoubtedly contain documents showing Castille’s personal involvement.

The Maritime Union of Australia has issued a letter calling for Mumia’s release. A link  to the  letter by Branch Secretary Bob Carnegie, along with its text, are below.

MUA Letter for Mumia

2 January 2018

District Attorney Larry Krasner
Office of the Philadelphia District Attorney
# S. Penn Square, Philadelphia PA, 19107
[email protected]

Dear Sir,

The Queensland Branch of the Maritime Union of Australia calls on you to release Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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