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Mumia Abu-Jamal da positivo en COVID, lo que provoc\u00f3 un llamado urgente para liberar a los presos pol\u00edticos mayores<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Actualizado, 14 mar 2021<\/p>\r\n \u00a1Democracia ahora!<\/p>\r\n Los abogados de la reconocida prisionera pol\u00edtica y periodista Mumia Abu-Jamal confirmaron el mi\u00e9rcoles que ha dado positivo por COVID-19 y tambi\u00e9n tiene cardiopat\u00edas congestivas. Abu-Jamal tambi\u00e9n sufre de las condiciones preexistentes de la enfermedad hep\u00e1tica, que seg\u00fan los defensores est\u00e1 directamente relacionada con la incapacidad del Departamento de Correccionales de Pensilvania para tratar su hepatitis C de manera oportuna.<\/p>\r\n El doctor Ricardo \u00c1lvarez, m\u00e9dico de movimiento de Mumia, dice que el \u00fanico tratamiento apropiado es la libertad. Marc Lamont Hill, coautor de un libro con Abu-Jamal titulado \"The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America\", dice que esta es una oportunidad para ejercer compasi\u00f3n covid.\"<\/p>\r\n La \u00fanica soluci\u00f3n posible, la \u00fanica soluci\u00f3n justa, es dejar salir a Mumia de la c\u00e1rcel\", dice Lamont Hill. \"No s\u00f3lo Mumia, sino todos los presos pol\u00edticos, todas las personas mayores de 50 a\u00f1os.\"<\/p>\r\n #DemocracyNow<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n (English)<\/p>\r\n Mumia Abu-Jamal Tests Positive for COVID, Prompting Urgent Call to Release Elder Political Prisoners<\/strong><\/p>\r\n (English)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Fuente: DemocracyNow<\/p>\r\n Actualizado, 14 mar 2021<\/p>\r\n Renowned political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal\u2019s lawyers confirmed Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and also has congestive heart disease. Abu-Jamal also suffers from the preexisting conditions of liver disease, which advocates say is directly related to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections\u2019 failure to treat his hepatitis C in a timely fashion. Mumia\u2019s movement doctor, Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, says the only appropriate treatment is freedom. Marc Lamont Hill, who co-authored a book with Abu-Jamal titled \u201cThe Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America,\u201d says this is an opportunity to exercise COVID compassion.<\/p>\r\n \u201cThe only possible solution, the only fair solution, is to let Mumia out of prison,\u201d says Lamont Hill. \u201cNot just Mumia, but all political prisoners, all people over 50.\u201d<\/p>\r\n