Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres appeared this morning with his attorney Jan Susler at FCI Pekin, Illinois at a videoconference hearing wit
MENSAJE DE CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES PREVIO AUDIENCIA DE LIBERTAD BAJO PALABRA
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25 DE MAYO DE 2009
Saludos compañeros, amigos y familiares:
Quiero agradecerles a todos ustedes que se reúnen hoy en solidaridad y esperanza conmigo, por su acto de presencia y compromiso. Mañana tempranito me presentare frente al Panel Federal de Libertad Bajo Palabra. Nuestra apreciada y [...]
The following article is about the parole hearing of Carlos Alberto Torres, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in 1980. According to Lawyer Jan Susler, Carlos’ parole would result in his reintegartion into society, just as it did for the ex prisoners released 10 years ago in 1999 under the Clinton Clemency.
Lucha su libertad [...]
Puerto Rico has been a colony for 111 years: a humiliating colonial condition in the 21st Century. It is high time that this crime against our people is resolved, resolved and resolved.
Saludos:
La esposa de nuestro Prisionero Politico Puertorriqueño Avelino González Claudio, Blanca, viajara a Hartford el martes 9 de junio y regresa el jueves 16 de julio de 2009.
El viaje es posible gracias a la solidaridad de el pueblo, especialmente, Gracias a la hospitalidad de el Comite de Apoyo en Hartford.
Blanca, Avelino González Claudio’s wife, will [...]
The Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CRDV) called on the U.S. Navy not to hide the truth about its actions, its violations of laws and regulations, and its harm to the health of the people of Vieques by using the so-called “sovereign immunity” defense in the pending lawsuit by several thousand affected Viequenses against the Navy.
On May 4, 2000, exactly 9 years ago today, beginning around 5:30AM, federal authorities engaged in a massive display of force deploying over 300 agents to arrest over 200 people in Vieques. Those arrested were engaged in civil disobedience, in front of the entrance at Camp Garcia and in the bombing range in Vieques.
