2021.10.22 In the Spirit of Mandela International Tribunal

Update: Black Agenda Report (22 APR 2022) The Spirit of Mandela Coalition

Jihad Abdulmumit, a coordinating committee member of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition, discusses the results of the International Tribunal, next steps for the coalition and why it’s so difficult to build a movement across color lines.

podcast: Black Agenda Report (22 APR 2022) The Spirit of Mandela Coalition

**In the spirit of Mandela:** “We’re going to present expert witnesses to flush out” centuries of genocide & other US crimes before an International Tribunal on US Human Rights Abuses, said Jihad Abdulmumit, co-chair of **the Jericho Movement.** The results of the proceedings will form the basis of school curricula & fuel the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of activists, said Abdulmumit, a former Black Panther political prisoner.

Tribunal Program Outline (download)

Friday-Sunday sessions: At The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, 3940 Broadway at W. 165th St., Washington Heights

Those of you not joining us in person can access the entire program via livestream at::

on https://www.tribunal2021.com/

and https://www.facebook.com/Spirit-Of-Mandela-105492791756066/

In the Spirit of Mandela International Tribunal

VERDICT | GUILTY on All Counts!

After hearing from over 30 witnesses and receiving hundreds of documents, the Panel of Jurists found the US government & its subdivisions GUILTY of Genocide and Gross Human Rights Violations. The Executive Summary Verdict is their preliminary report, with a detailed and cited ruling to appear in the near future.

Sekou Odinga was a member of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, a founding member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party as well as the Black Panther International Section, and was a member of the NY Panther 21. A citizen of the Republic of New Afrika and combatant of the Black Liberation Army, Sekou was captured in October 1981, mercilessly tortured, and spent the following thirty-three years behind bars—a prisoner of war and political prisoner of the U.S. empire. Since his release in November 2014, he has remained a stalwart fighter for justice and for the release of all political prisoners.