Mumia gives the United Nations ‘inside impression’ of death row
source: Workers World
published: 20 February 2026
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In response to the [United Nations] Special Rapporteur’s call for contributions “on the death penalty in relation to the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment and the protection of human dignity,” we wish to bring to his attention the situation of Mr. Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has spent 29 years of his life on death row in Pennsylvania (USA).
An African American journalist, now aged 71, he [Mumia] had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Incarcerated for 45 years, below you will find his testimony on the conditions of survival in prison hell and the physical and mental consequences of his fellow inmates awaiting execution or the deterioration of their health exposing them to death in the case of life sentences.
An iconic figure in the international fight for the universal abolition of the death penalty, Mr. Abu-Jamal was convicted after a racist and expedited trial without being able to defend his innocence.
Denounced by Amnesty International, the European Parliament, and the U.N. Human Rights Committee, he has still not obtained a review of his trial. Today, the deterioration of his health, like that of the oldest prisoners, would justify his release on humanitarian grounds.
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