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        - October 17, 2017</font><br>
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                Cured of Hepatitis C!</strong></u></span></span></span><br>
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                          style="color: #000000;">In Janu</span><span
                          style="color: #000000;">a</span><font
                          color="#000000">ry, Federal District Court
                          Judge Robert Mariani granted political
                          prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s request for a
                          preliminary injunction, forcing the PADOC to
                          provide him with drugs capable of curing his
                          chronic hepatitis C infection. During an
                          evidentiary hearing in December 2015, it was
                          shown that Mumia had a chronic hepatitis C
                          infection that was progressively attacking his
                          liver, causing scarring, a severe, itchy,
                          painful skin rash that had lasted more than 18
                          months, and anemia of chronic disease. The
                          Court finally ruled in our favor and granted a
                          preliminary injunction at the beginning of
                          this year, and on May 28, 2017, Mumia
                          announced that he is now free of the hepatitis
                          C virus. </font><br>
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                            style="color:#000000">Listen to Mumia's
                            announcement </span><a
href="https://abolitionistlawcenter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7743030d2038aa756db08f5d&id=f6fd85144c&e=8271292659"
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                        <span style="color:#000000">The victory was
                          bittersweet, however, as the PADOC's 2-year
                          fight against providing Mumia treatment
                          allowed the disease to progress to cirrhosis
                          of the liver. We continue to fight for Mumia
                          to obtain a full redress for his injuries at
                          the hands of the PADOC. </span></span></div>
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                  style="font-family:arial,helvetica
                  neue,helvetica,sans-serif">Mumia's recovery is a
                  product of the ALC's Hepatitis C Project, aimed at
                  organizing a network of pro bono attorneys to provide
                  legal services to hepatitis C (HCV) positive inmates
                  in the Pennsylvania prison system. Because of medical
                  advances, HCV can now be cured with new direct-acting
                  antiviral medications, as seen in Mumia's case.
                  However, more than 6,000 incarcerated patients in
                  Pennsylvania are still being denied the cure.
                  Attorneys are needed to provide representation in this
                  important public health effort to establish a right to
                  the cure.</span></span></span></p>
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