[edit] Political Prisoners in the United States

[edit] SHAC (Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty) Prisoners

[edit] Anarchist Movement Prisoners

[edit] Indigenous Prisoners

[edit] Black/New Afrikan Liberation

Abdul Aziz - part of the Virgin Island Five
Abdul Majid - part of the Queens 2
Dr. Mutulu Shakur
Herman Bell - convicted as part of the New York 3
Jalil Muntaqim
Mumia Abu-Jamal - Left-wing journalist convicted for killing a police officer
Robert Seth Hayes
Russell Maroon Shoats
Sekou Odinga
Sundiata Acoli (C. Squire)
Fred "Muhammad" Burton
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Joseph Bowen
Maliki Latine
Marshal Eddie Conway
Ronald Reed
Romaine Chip Fitzgerald
Sekou Kambui (W. Turk)
Veronza Bowers Jr.
Zolo Agona Azania

[edit] Angola Three

[edit] MOVE 9

Chuck Sims Africa - part of the group MOVE
Debbie Sims Africa- part of the group MOVE
Delbert Orr Africa- part of the group MOVE
Edward Goodman Africa- part of the group MOVE
Janet Holloway Africa- part of the group MOVE
Janine Phillips Africa- part of the group MOVE
Michael Davis Africa- part of the group MOVE
William Phillips Africa- part of the group MOVE

[edit] Nebraska 2

[edit] United Freedom Front

[edit] Green Scare/Earth Liberation

[edit] Cuban Five

The Cuban Five are five Cuban men who are in U.S. prison, serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively. They were sent to Miami by the Cuban government to monitor right-wing extremist Miami groups who have together killed over 3,000 Cuban people. The Cuban government shared information on 31 terrorist attacks from information in part gained by the work of the Cuban Five. Instead of pursuing the ones who committed the terrorist attacks, the US government instead used the information as evidence to convict the Cuban Five of espionage.

Fernando González (Ruben Campa) - part of the Cuban 5
René González - part of the Cuban 5
Antonio Guerrero - part of the Cuban 5
Gerardo Hernandez - part of the Cuban 5
Ramón Labañino (Luis Medina) - part of the Cuban 5

[edit] Other National Liberation

Hanif S. Bey (aka B. Gereau)

H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah al-Amin) - Convicted of killing a Sherriff's deputy

Camilo Mejía Castillo - Imprisoned for refusal to fight in Iraq

Bashir Hameed (J. York) - part of the Queens 2
Bill Harris

Yu Kikumura

Malik Smith

Abdullah Webster, held by the United States in Germany for refusing to go to Iraq

- Serving 27 years for 3 different actions:

- Robbing a Federal Reserve bank and burning $26,000 on the lobby floor, while distributing a statement denouncing war, capitalism, materialism, and ecological destruction.
- Mailing letters accompanied by .38 caliber bullets to various corporate and government officials, stating that their actions were like bullets fired into the heart of creation.
- Damaging a Minuteman II missile silo with a jackhammer. See ELPSN for more information on Helen.

[edit] Freed Political Prisoners

Robert "Rob los Ricos" Thaxton - Serving 7 years for throwing a rock at a policeman in self-defense at a June 18, 1999 Reclaim the Streets protest in Eugene, OR. See ELPSN for further info.
Fran Thompson - Environmental activist serving a life sentence for killing, in self-defense, a stalker who had broken into her home. See ELPSN for more information.

This is by no means an exhaustive list. If you know of political prisoners have been omitted, please add them yourself! Just click the "Edit this page" link.

[edit] Related

[edit] Further Resources

Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF)
Break the Chains - organizes in the Pacific Northwest region.
Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network (ELPSN)

This page is part of the Prison Abolition Guide.

List of political prisoners

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