Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) USA 10/2015 African descent; 30/04/2015 United States of Health; Torture; JAL America Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 24/06/2015 Allegations of racial discrimination against people of African descent and lack of access to appropriate medical treatment whilst in detention. According to the information received, Mr. Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook), a 61-year-old Afro-American detainee in State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, Pennsylvania, has not had access to appropriate medical treatment while in detention. As a consequence his health situation has deteriorated over the past few months resulting in his admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a nearby clinic on 30 March 2015 in diabetic shock. It is alleged that as he had three "comprehensive" blood tests since February 2015, diabetes should have been diagnosed and treated accordingly. Instead his medical condition was reportedly ignored by the prison guards. Mr. Abu-Jamal was allegedly detained following an unfair trial which found him guilty of murder of a police officer in 1981. He is reportedly serving a life sentence without parole and has not been given a re-sentencing hearing in violation of Pennsylvania constitutional and statutory law. During his years in detention he has been active in writing about racial discrimination in the criminal justice system and advocating for justice and the rights of his fellow detainees. A/HRC/30/27 43