The legal team for GRAMMY Award-winning reggae star, Buju Banton, has launched a new letter writing campaign — this time aimed at the Supreme Court — to build further awareness about the highly controversial federal drug case that landed the beloved Jamaican music icon behind bars.
The letter writing campaign comes on the heels of the Free Buju Press Conference that was held early last week on Capitol Hill. Banton’s new defense attorney, Chokwe Lumumba, organized the Washington D.C. event in conjunction with the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee to formally announce the filing of a petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court.
The panel of special guest speakers included GRAMMY Award-winning reggae artist and producer, Stephen Marley; Dr. Carolyn Cooper, author and lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica; Brother Aula Sumbry, radio host and Chairman of the NAACP Prison Committee in Trenton, New Jersey; attorney and progressive policy advocate, Nkechi Taifa; longtime Banton friend and collaborator, Gramps Morgan; Salim Adafo, Vice-Chairman of the National Black United Front; and Banton co-counsel, Imhotep Alkebu-Lan.
Lumumba also addressed the attendees. “I think he is a political prisoner,” said the veteran legal eagle. “There is a generational gap between the struggle to free political prisoners and the struggles of young people. [Buju is helping] to keep the act of freeing political prisoners a relevant one to all generations that exist right now.”
Mr. Lumumba, the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee and the Gargamel Music Family are asking all friends, fans and activists around the world to stand in solidarity with the ongoing movement to Free Buju by writing a letter to the Supreme Court today. All letters should be sent to Lumumba’s office:
The people needs Buju. Why can’t you be good to the people and FREE BUJU
Free up the general…number 1 advocator of the development and upliftment of we as a race
Buju u are like a brother and justice shall prevail no matter what we serve only one God and he is a fare,just and on time God. Stay strong and Ruben really is a trooper to give u strength …
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Buju is spiritual motivator, from the first time I listened to his tune “DESTINY” in my childhood, that tune kept me focused and ready to live as a hero in Jah.
Kindly Free Buju for we need more Jah work from him
Free Buju Banton
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BUT MARK ZIMMERMAN IS FREE!! CHA!
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Buju must be freed urgently. He has done a lot of charity work for his country & the world demands his freedom. Just free the man. His absence is killing us as he is a role model to millions if not billions around the world. Free our hero, Buju Banton!
BUJU WILL BE FREE SOON. LET JAH DO HIS WORK.
free buju. enough is enough. thanks.
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Free Gargamel aka BUJU! He is a peaceful, loving soul…
Free Banton
Give the man a retry! Love Buju to the max!
Free the Banton!
Indeed, Free Buju…
Free Buju and let him continue Jah works! Positivity needed in our lives…
Stand tall, go deep, we’ll stand for you! Eirope fans are here! Light n love!
Buju, we will aways stand by you. Can’t wait to hear of your freedom, rasta!! Jah be with you.
I would love that day when Buju Banton is free. It would make me and all his fans so joyful. Not to mention his family and friends… Free Buju!