On February 8, 2023, the U.S. government put up a $10 million reward for any information on Aleksandr Ionov, the Russian national who the FBI claims is the reason they attacked Uhuru Movement members’ homes and offices on July 29, 2022.
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FBI ATTACK UPDATE: indictments of Uhuru Movement members expected early 2023
The Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa! Defense campaign learned that indictments of Uhuru Movement members are likely and can be expected in early 2023. Learn how you can be part of the fight back!
The FBI wants to put me on trial for fighting for black freedom. Put the colonial state on trial! We will win!
There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru (“Freedom”) Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States.
Why the FBI attacked us: Meet the targeted "unindicted co-conspirators"
On July 29, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made it publicly known that the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and broader Uhuru Movement are targets for U.S. counterinsurgency by conducting violent, simultaneous pre-dawn raids at the homes and offices of Movement leaders, including Chairman Omali Yeshitela himself, in St. Louis, Missouri and St. Petersburg, Florida.