Archive | May, 2010

BOP denies furlough to Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera

The BOP claims that López does not meet the criteria, that a prisoner can have no more than two years left to serve on his sentence to be eligible.

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Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Wins Release on Parole

The National Boricua Human Rights Network and the Human Rights Committee of Puerto Rico have the great and historic pleasure of announcing that Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres … will be released on parole in July of this year, to reside in Puerto Rico.

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Emergency Fax Campaign for Oscar Lopez’ furlough!

The Network is launching an emergency campaign for Oscar López Rivera. Oscar, is asking for an emergency furlough, to travel to the bedside of his sister, Clara López Rivera, who is in the intensive care unit at Hospital Buen Samaritano in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. At age 73, she has just suffered two heart attacks, which [...]

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