Archive for June, 2008

Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Control Units & the Campaign to Close Tamms: June 27

By miguel • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Events, Political Prisoners

Featuring the film, Through the Wire, and guest speakers Jan Sulser of the Peoples Law Office, Stephen Eisenman of Tamms Year Ten and Johnnie Walker, former prisoner at Tamms.



Avelino González Claudio mailing address change

By miguel • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners

Please note that Avelino González’s mailing address has changed:
NCI # 357422
PO Box 665
Somers, CT 06071
See the Political Prisoners page for more information about Avelino González Claudio.



Legacies of Corretjer • Film by CAN-TV

By miguel • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners, Video

National Boricua Human Rights Network (boricuahumanrights.org) hosts Legacies of Corretjer: Narratives of Resistance and Struggle. An evening commemorating the 1980 arrest and incarceration of 15 Puerto Rican political prisoners.
The evening includes reflections from ex-political prisoner Alicia Rodri­guez, Grand Jury resister Tania Frontera, coordinator of the Puerto Rican Human Rights Committee Eduardo Villanueva and cultural performances [...]



Crime Against Humanity • Film by CAN-TV

By miguel • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, Political Prisoners, Video

Crime Against Humanity sponsored by Public Square, filmed by CAN-TV.



Complaint at UN for death of Ojeda Ríos

By miguel • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

The Puerto Rico chapter of the American Association of Jurists will present to the United Nations (U.N.) in June a complaint against the Government of the United States for what they understand to be the execution of Machetero leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.