Ohio death row inmate Siddique Abdullah Hasan, who was convicted in connection with the Lucasville Prison uprising of 1993. The inmates have gone on a hunger strike in response to their administrative detention.
Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos
Also, please sign the Staughton Lynd open letter to support the Lucasville Prisoners' Hunger Strike at
http://www.iacenter.org/actions/lucasville-sign011311/ (copy into your browser).
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To: Bomani, Hasan, Jason, Namir
Dear Brothers,
On this day—the 82nd birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 12th day of your courageous hunger strike—Michigan Emergency Coalition Against War and Injustice stands in full solidarity with your defiant action. We join with people all over the world in calling for the immediate granting of your most basic demands. This cruel and unusual punishment—for what else can it be called, if you four are denied even the most minimal comforts afforded to all others convicted of capital crimes in Ohio—that you have been subjected to for 12 years must cease. Your legal rights to argue in court against your wrongful convictions must not be denied. We say to Warden Bobby: Stop the torture now!
Monday, here in Detroit, we will march in the spirit of Martin Luther King. We will march for many things. Jobs, not war—bring the troops home now. A moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs. No to racist discrimination and police brutality. Immigrant rights now. But we will also march for freedom for all political prisoners, including all of the Lucasville uprising defendants.
After the march, when we rally, our program book will have an insert on political prisoners. Everyone present will be asked to contact Warden Bobby in support of all your demands.
In Ohio and Michigan, while we march and rally in the freezing cold your spirit will warm and strengthen us.
Tear down the walls!
Until victory,
Michigan Emergency Coalition Against War and Injustice
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