National Boricua Human Rights Network » alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2006-2015 alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org (National Boricua Human Rights Network) alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org (National Boricua Human Rights Network) Human RIghts 1440 Carlos Alberto Torres, Oscar Lopez Rivera, puerto rican independence, political prisoners Listen to or download historical or contemporary audio files about the Puerto Rican political prisoners or political events sponsored by the National Boricua Human Rights Network National Boricua Human Rights Network National Boricua Human Rights Network alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org No no http://boricuahumanrights.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/nblogo_podpress144.jpg National Boricua Human Rights Network http://boricuahumanrights.org 144 144 Oscar Lopez Rivera art on web!… http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/oscar-lopez-rivera-art-on-web/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/oscar-lopez-rivera-art-on-web/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:08:15 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/oscar-lopez-rivera-art-on-web/ Oscar Lopez Rivera art on web! Prints for sale at: http://artbyoscarlopez.org! To benefit grandaughters college fund

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/oscar-lopez-rivera-art-on-web/feed/ 0 NEW! Urgent Parole Campaign fo… http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/new-urgent-parole-campaign-fo/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/new-urgent-parole-campaign-fo/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:05:16 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/new-urgent-parole-campaign-fo/ NEW! Urgent Parole Campaign for Carlos Torres-new letter at http://boricuahumanrights.org Goal: 10,000 letters in 30 days! Please retweet

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/24/new-urgent-parole-campaign-fo/feed/ 0 Interview with Lolita Lebron by Dan Berger http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/23/interview-with-lolita-lebron-by-dan-berger/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/23/interview-with-lolita-lebron-by-dan-berger/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:17:15 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=1065 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 1, 1954, attack on U.S. Congress; Nelson Canals, José Fortuño, and Rita Zengotita, longtime organizers for the freedom of Puerto Rican political prisoners; and Juan Mari Bras, cofounder and former secretary general of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The interviews dealt with the 1970s campaign to free the five Nationalists imprisoned since the 1950s: Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Oscar Collazo, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores Rodriguez. While the prisoners remained the focus, the conversations each covered a wide and largely unexplored range of independence activities from the 1950s to the present. Lebron discusses the support she received in prison, Canals explains organizing for the prisoners from New York City to the streets of San Juan, and Mari Bras describes advocating for independence and freedom in the international arena. The interviews were conducted as part of a dissertation that Berger is completing on 1970s prison activism, including the campaign around the Nationalist prisoners.

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/23/interview-with-lolita-lebron-by-dan-berger/feed/ 0 18:37 In July 2009 Jonathan Lizardi, Joseacute; E. Loacute;pez, and Joseacute; Luis Rodriacute;guez from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago and Dan Berger from Philadelphia ... In July 2009 Jonathan Lizardi, Joseacute; E. Loacute;pez, and Joseacute; Luis Rodriacute;guez 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 1, 1954, attack on U.S. Congress; Nelson Canals, Joseacute; Fortuntilde;o, and Rita Zengotita, longtime organizers for the freedom of Puerto Rican political prisoners; and Juan Mari Bras, cofounder and former secretary general of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The interviews dealt with the 1970s campaign to free the five Nationalists imprisoned since the 1950s: Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Oscar Collazo, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores Rodriguez. While the prisoners remained the focus, the conversations each covered a wide and largely unexplored range of independence activities from the 1950s to the present. Lebron discusses the support she received in prison, Canals explains organizing for the prisoners from New York City to the streets of San Juan, and Mari Bras describes advocating for independence and freedom in the international arena. The interviews were conducted as part of a dissertation that Berger is completing on 1970s prison activism, including the campaign around the Nationalist prisoners. Podcast National Boricua Human Rights Network no No Urgent New Campaign for Carlos Alberto Torres http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/19/urgent-new-campaign-for-carlos-alberto-torres/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/19/urgent-new-campaign-for-carlos-alberto-torres/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:53:33 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=1041 Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres: Parole Hearing

cat_thumb On January 19, 2010, Carlos Alberto Torres attended a video hearing presided over by a U.S. Parole Commission hearing examiner whose task was to consider the disciplinary charges stemming from last January, and to make a recommendation for what should happen with respect to his request to be released on parole. Carlos Alberto answered the questions posed, and his attorney Jan Susler asked that the Parole Commission release him on parole as previously recommended, regardless of the wrongful charges. She pointed out the vast, ongoing support for his release, and argued that there is absolutely no risk in releasing him, as evidenced by the impressive example of his compatriots who were released by presidential commutation in 1999. The hearing examiner then made a favorable recommendation. Download the letter here.

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2010/01/19/urgent-new-campaign-for-carlos-alberto-torres/feed/ 0 excellent presentation and Q&A… http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/11/07/excellent-presentation-and-qa/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/11/07/excellent-presentation-and-qa/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:27:52 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/11/07/excellent-presentation-and-qa/ excellent presentation and Q&A w/ Dr Massol. Updated book with new findings soon to be available at out website! http://twitpic.com/opbvd

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]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/11/07/at-depaul-event-featuring-dr-a/feed/ 0 Great Chicago Jornada de Liber… http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/09/10/great-chicago-jornada-de-liber/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/09/10/great-chicago-jornada-de-liber/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:12:59 +0000 alejandro 215407759 Great Chicago Jornada de Libertad event: check out the pics here! http://bit.ly/XZQh1 Also Chgo Tribune article here: http://bit.ly/gvP5b

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]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/16/ricardo-update-diagnosed-with/feed/ 0 ex-PP Ricardo Jimenez hospital… http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/13/ex-pp-ricardo-jimenez-hospital/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/13/ex-pp-ricardo-jimenez-hospital/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:28:25 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/13/ex-pp-ricardo-jimenez-hospital/ ex-PP Ricardo Jimenez hospitalized with infection at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 E. Huron Street, Rm 1457, 312/926-1457 (Call him!).

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/13/ex-pp-ricardo-jimenez-hospital/feed/ 0 Network to sponsor/co-sponsor … http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/09/network-to-sponsorco-sponsor/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/09/network-to-sponsorco-sponsor/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:56:48 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/2009/08/09/network-to-sponsorco-sponsor/ Network to sponsor/co-sponsor events in 11 cities celebrating 10th anniver. of prpps release in ‘99 and redoubling efforts to free OLR & CAT

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