Archive for January, 2010

NBHRN Meets in NYC; Former PPS Present; Adds Chapters to Grow the Campaign to Free Oscar and Carlos

By miguel • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: La Red, Political Prisoners

…over 130 community leaders and students came out to brainstorm and plan the campaign for 2010



Oscar Lopez Rivera art on web!…

By alejandro • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: Political Prisoners

Oscar Lopez Rivera art on web! Prints for sale at: http://artbyoscarlopez.org! To benefit grandaughters college fund



NEW! Urgent Parole Campaign fo…

By alejandro • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: Political Prisoners

NEW! Urgent Parole Campaign for Carlos Torres-new letter at http://boricuahumanrights.org Goal: 10,000 letters in 30 days! Please retweet



Interview with Lolita Lebron by Dan Berger

By alejandro • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Podcast

In July 2009 Jonathan Lizardi, José E. López, and José Luis Rodríguez from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago and Dan Berger from Philadelphia traveled to Puerto Rico to interview leading figures of the independence movement. Interviewed were Lolita Lebron, member of the Nationalist Party who served 25 years in prison for the March [...]

 
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Octavitas pa’ Avelino

By miguel • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Political Prisoners

“…you represent a ray of hope and encouragement to persevere and continue fighting…I am physically far from my country, but I carry it in my soul…”



Urgent New Campaign for Carlos Alberto Torres

By alejandro • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story, Political Prisoners

The Parole Commission will make the final decision, hopefully within the next 30 days. There is still time to write to the Parole Commission to urge them to release Carlos Alberto. Download new sample letter



Carlos Alberto petition to the Parole Board

By miguel • Jan 16th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story, Political Prisoners

If granted parole, Carlos would be released in April 2010! That’s just a couple of months away!



Harassment of Carlos Alberto and Avelino continues

By miguel • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Features, Political Prisoners, Uncategorized

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) of the United States government continues to obstruct the parole of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, while Torres is supposedly set for a hearing with the U.S. Parole Commission’s (USPC) hearing examiner next Tuesday, January 19.