Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 6:07 am
GENEVA (20 April 2021) – UN human rights experts
expressed serious concerns about the treatment and welfare
of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American man who has been in
jail for 40 years in Pennsylvania, and is reportedly
shackled to his hospital bed. Mr. Abu-Jamal had already been
shackled to his bed during a four-day hospitalization in
late February while being treated for heart
failure.
Mr. Abu-Jamal has been denied visits from his
family and access to his lawyers and spiritual advisor after
being admitted to an undisclosed hospital around 10 April,
where he will reportedly undergo surgery. “This ongoing
and continuing cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment,