Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Uhuru Members Will Face No Prison Time Over Bogus Foreign Agent Allegations

from Anti-war

A district judge ruled on Monday that three members of the Florida-based Uhuru Movement will face probation but no jail time for being found guilty of conspiring to act as foreign agents of Russia, a conviction that came as a result of the group being targeted by the federal government for their political views.

Omali Yeshitela, founder of the African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement (APSP), and two other members of the group, known as the “Uhuru 3,” were indicted by the US Justice Department over their contacts with a Russian NGO, the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia (AGMR).

The allegation was that the AGMR was recruiting Americans to spread Russian propaganda on behalf of Russian intelligence. The DOJ targeted the Uhuru 3 by using the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), claiming they failed to register under the law while acting as agents of the Russian government...

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