Tampa, FL—On Tuesday, September 6, 2024, the jury and observers saw evidence supporting the innocence of the Uhuru 3 and heard closing arguments in the free speech trial of Chairman…
Tampa, Florida—On Monday, September 9, 2024, the free speech trial of Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel began its second week. Proceedings were delayed because two jurors had not arrived. One of the missing jurors arrived late and then at 9:45am, Judge William Jung declared that he would give the other absent juror 30 more minutes and then would remove her from the jury. Attorney Mutaqee Akbar raised the fact that the missing juror was the only African on the jury. He asked the judge to replace her with the sole African juror in the pool of alternates who...
Tampa, FL—The first week of the free speech trial of Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel left observers shaking their heads and asking how the government has dedicated 30 FBI agents over the course of three years, conducted military raids on peaceful U.S. residents, offered a $10 million reward for information and still has no case.
French translation of the update article from day three of the Uhuru 3 Trial in Tampa, Florida. Translation by Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist International (ASI) Translations…
En la tercera jornada del juicio por libertad de expresión contra los 3 de Uhuru (Uhuru 3), los partidarios de la libertad de expresión siguieron llenando el tribunal. Casi 100 personas se sentaron en el sala del juzgado 17, la más grande del Tribunal Federal de Tampa. Más simpatizantes observaban desde la sala adicional de la 3ª planta....
On Thursday, September 5, the 3rd day of the Uhuru 3 free speech trial, supporters continued to pack the court. Nearly 100 people were seated in courtroom 17, the largest in Tampa’s Federal Courthouse. More supporters watched from the overflow room on the 3rd floor. Luminaries came from around the U.S. to attend the free speech trial of the century. Present in court on Day Three was...
Tampa, FL—Wednesday, September 4, the second day of the federal criminal trial of the Uhuru 3 on bogus charges of being secret pawns in a Russian government conspiracy to “sow…
French translation of the update article from day one of the Uhuru 3 Trial in Tampa, Florida. Translation by Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist International (ASI) Read…
On Tuesday, September 3, day one of the free speech “trial of the century” began with a press conference across the street from the Federal Courthouse in Tampa. Free speech defenders and social justice activists from across the U.S. expressed their support for the Uhuru 3—Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, falsely accused of being secret pawns in a Russian government conspiracy to “sow discord” and “interfere in elections.”