United States of America
Submission to the United Nations
Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Ninth Session of the Working Group on the UPR
Human Rights Council
22 November + 3 December, 2010
Political Repression - Political Prisoners
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APPENDIX
Imam Jamil Al-Amin
Personal Statement: COINTELPRO LIVES!, A brochure about Iman Jamil Al-Amin's case, The FBI Conspiracy Against H. Rap Brown, FBI Murders Iman Luqman Ameen Abdullah (Currently held: USP Florence ADMAX, Florence, CO)
Veronza Bowers
Case Summary: Wrongful Conviction, Parole Denial
Excerpt of Trial transcript
(Currently: USP Atlanta, Georgia)
Alvaro Luna Hernandez (Cuban 5)
National Jericho Movement Amicus Brief to Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights
(Currently: USP, Gatesville, Texas)
Jaan Laaman
Personal Statement; Status Report
USP Tucson, AZ
Mondo Langa (David Rice)
Personal Statement, case review articles
(Currently: Nebraska State Prison, Lincoln, NE)
Ojore Lutalo
POST RELEASE HARASSMENT: Appellate Brief,
newspapers articles (1992,2006)
(Currently: Released, but surveilled, harrassed)
Eric McDavid
"Green Scare," case statement re targeting environmental activist a la COINTELPRO
(Currently:USP Victorville, CA)
Leonard Peltier
Counsel's Case Update
Dr. Mutulu Shakur
Proposal, Resolution for "Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Amnesty, Release of U.S. Politcal Prisoners"
(Currently held: USP Florence ADMAX, Florence, CO)
Elliot Madison and Michael Wallschlaeger
How your Twitter Account Could Land you in Jail
SOURCES
The Reality of Political Prisoners in the United States: What September 11th Taught Us About Defending Them, J. Soffiyah Elijah
Targeting Muslims, Prison Conditions Bonnie Kerness, AFSC Prison Watch Project
Communications Management Unites (CMU): Targeting Muslim, Arabs, South Asian Inmates, Nahal Zamani, Annette Dickerson, Center for Costitutional Rights
"Out of the Shadows: Getting Ahead of Prisoner
Radicalization,"
George Washington University, University of Virginia
Critical Incident Group, U.S.Homeland Security