Mumia Abu-Jamal

Von: "peter ulrich lehner" <>

Betreff: WG: [MumiaNYC] CITY OF MUNICH, GERMANY

PASSES A RESOLUTION

DEMANDING A

NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA!

Datum: Sonntag, 1. November 2009 11:25

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Von: MumiaNYC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MumiaNYC@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag

von info@freemumia.com

Gesendet: Sonntag, 01. November 2009 03:22

Betreff: [MumiaNYC] CITY OF MUNICH, GERMANY PASSES A RESOLUTION DEMANDING A

NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA!

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AT THIS KEY MOMENT

PD (Social-Democratic Party) – Parliamentary Group

Alliance 90/The Greens/Pink List – Parliamentary Group

FDP (Liberal-Democratic Party) – Parliamentary Group

Die LINKE (Left Party) – Parliamentary Group

 

Resolution on the Occasion of the Full Meeting of the Munich City Council

 

– October 28, 2009 –

 

As a municipality which considerately follows constitutional principles and

is committed to just and sustainable ways of development, Munich regards it

as its duty to be actively engaged in the worldwide protection of human

rights and to not look the other way when governmental abuse infringes on

human dignity. In accord with this, the Capital of the State of Bavaria,

Munich, has repeatedly taken a stance for the worldwide abolition of the

death penalty, particularly in the context of the initiative "Cities for

Life – Cities against the Death Penalty," in which several hundred major

cities on all continents have participated.

 

The death penalty is a barbaric act of state violence that constitutes an

affront against human dignity. It becomes outright murder whenever the

question of guilt has not been unequivocally resolved, such as in the case

of Mumia Abu-Jamal. This African American journalist and civil rights

activist has been on death row in the United States for 27 years, accused of

having allegedly killed a white police officer. Ever since then, Abu-Jamal

has insisted on his innocence, and human rights organizations have pointed

to egregious procedural mistakes in Abu-Jamal's original trial, which were

obviously rooted in a background of prevalent racism.

 

For these reasons, we join the world-wide solidarity campaign for Mumia

Abu-Jamal and demand a new, fair trial for him. The United States of America

are rightfully proud of the oldest democratic constitution of the world with

its guarantee of equal rights for all. However, this role model function

also obliges the state in question to an extremely careful and humane

evaluation of each individual case. As a matter of course, the legal

principle in dubio pro reo (or "the benefit of the doubt") is of particular,

increased importance in all cases that involve the death penalty.

 

Beyond this particular case, the Munich City Council of course continues to

demand the complete abolition of the death penalty. Particularly in friendly

states such as the U.S.A., the decision to do away with it is long overdue.

 

Keyword: 091028_OA_DIR_Resolution_Solidaritaet_Abu_Jamal

 

Translation: Michael Schiffmann

 

 

--Mumia is Innocent! Stop the Frame Up! Free Mumia!--

 

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC

P.O. Box 16, College Station, NY, NY 10030

212-330-8029, www.FreeMumia.com , info@FreeMumia.com

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