[Ppnews] Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin, at the stateside Guantanamo

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SUPPORT IMAM JAMIL-AMIN

by INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT IMAM JAMIL
Tuesday, Jul. 01, 2008 at 1:51 PM


Support Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, at the stateside Guantanamo
by the International Committee to Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Imam Jamil, shown here with his son, must be free to come home to his 
family and his people.Imam Jamil Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown, is 
approaching his eighth year of political internment. A conspicuous 
stop for driving while Black during the spring of '99, a court 
closing due to a snowstorm in January 2000 and a bench warrant for 
non-appearance at that court date, a shooting incident and a rush to 
judgment accusation on March 16, 2000, an unjust arrest, a forced 
conviction and the inhumane sentence of life without parole plus 35 
years in March 2002.

After being forced to serve five and a half years in administrative 
segregation - 23-hour-per-day lockdown, no human contact etc. - at 
the state prison at Reidsville, Georgia's notorious K-Block, Imam 
Jamil Al-Amin in August 2007 was transferred to the maximum security 
federal prison at Florence, Colorado, known as the Supermax. His 
housing conditions remain 23-hour lockdown, no human contact, 
silence, five social visits per month, two phone calls per month and 
denial of all media requests for interviews.

Although he has no contact with them, he is joined by many other 
political prisoners who are well known Muslim leaders, as well as 
leaders in the struggle for self-determination: Dr. Mutulu Shakur, 
Imam Malik Khaba (Jeff Fort), Brother Sekou Odinga, Larry Hoover, 
leader of Growth and Development (formerly the Gangster Disciples) 
and Dr. Malakai Z. York, to name just a few. Due to all these leaders 
representing legitimate "people's struggles," Florence Supermax is 
being referred to as the stateside Guantanamo.

Imam Jamil Al-Amin's transfer into federal custody and to the 
Supermax comes on the heels of some hard won victories: 1) The 11th 
Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Imam Jamil's favor against the 
prison at Reidsville in regard to a suit filed to disallow them from 
continuing to open his legal mail, 2) The groundswell of support for 
the Imam developing into phone call-ins and postal and e-mail 
write-ins, bringing the offices at Reidsville Prison and the 
Department of Corrections to a virtual standstill, along with the 
periodic protest demonstrations that would cause Reidsville, the town 
and the prison to shut down..

Support must continue. Write to: Imam Jamil Al-Amin, # 99974-555, USP 
Florence Admax, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226.

Depositions relating to his Habeas Corpus hearing are being prepared. 
Being housed at Florence Supermax makes it additionally difficult for 
lawyers, family and the Imam to jointly work on his appeal. Financial 
contributions should be made to the Justice Fund, P.O. Box 98963, 
Atlanta GA 30377.

Free Imam Jamil! Free all political prisoners!

To learn more and get involved, contact the International Committee 
to Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin, 547 West End Place, SW, Atlanta, GA 
30310, and visit myspace.com/FreeTheImam.




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