From Susan Tipograph

Greetings. Since I am technologically challenged, could you please
distribute this widely - to all appropriate list-serves, etc. Thanks.

Many/most of you know/know of Robert Seth Hayes, a former Black Panther
Party member who has been incarcerated in New York State for 35 years.
Seth has diabetes and hepatitis C and, as many of you know, he has
received shockingly poor medical care. Recently, his diabetes has been
out of control and for the last 2 months has had an infection on his toe
which has gone untreated. Despite the fact that his blood sugars have
been often sky-high, in the 8 years that he has been diagnosed with

LE PRISONNIER POLITIQUE ROBERT "SETH" HAYES S'EST FAIT REFUSER DES
TRAITEMENTS MÉDICAUX! (23/10/2002)

Le 3 octobre 2002, Robert "Seth" Hayes, un ancien membre du parti des
panthères noires et de l'armée noire de libération et prisonnier politique
depuis 30 ans, a été déplacé contre son gré de l'hôpital où il avait reçu
un traitement contre l'hépatite C et le diabète du type 2 à destination de
la population générale de la prison du Service correctionnel du comté de
Clinton (CCF) à Dannemora, État de New-York. Le transfert du 3 octobre et
l'élimination de toute attention médicale à laquelle M. Hayes avait

Robert Seth Hayes is a father, grandfather and artist. He is a black revolutionary freedom fighter who was captured and convicted in New York City in 1973 under a host of charges attributed to his membership in the Black Liberation Army, the BLA. Through his conviction he received 25 years to life. Robert Seth Hayes is one of the hundreds of political prisoners in the US. He remains behind bars and as of July 2002, he is now in his 30th year of incarceration. The following interview was recorded on August 17, 2002. The interview is also available as an audio file by clicking here.