Join the Second Annual Freedom Walk
200 Miles to Freedom 2nd Annual Freedom Walk: Terre Haute, IN to Chicago, IL In response to the 30th year of incarceration of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) would like to announce the Freedom Walk. Members of the NBHRN have committed themselves to take up the [...]
New call-in and fax campaign
Today the National Boricua Human Rights Network is continuing the campaign to win freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera. On Friday, February 18, the U.S. Parole Commission issued its decision in the case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, stating “Deny parole. Continue to a 15-year reconsideration hearing in January [...]
Oscar’s Birthday message to la Capilla
Deseo para todos(as) un Nuevo Año feliz, de paz, amor y muchos logros. Después de más de 29 años preso a veces creo que muchas de las experiencias que he vivido han sido sueños o pesadillas por su propia naturaleza…
Sincere condolences to the Torres family
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School and National Boricua Human Rights Network respective staff and Boards of Directors send their most sincere condolences to compañera Norma Torres and the entire Torres family on the tragic passing of her daughter, Mariaydee Vázquez.
Plowshares Prisoner Helen Woodson to be released
The National Boricua Human Rights Network is urging all to donate to the fund for Helen Woodson, who is due to be released this year after spending 27 years in prison. Please visit The Nuclear Resister at http://bit.ly/g0fEYj to donate. In November of 1984, Helen was part of the Silo Pruning Hooks action. She went [...]
Support for Oscar from Australia to Mexico, Panama to Puerto Rico: US Parole Board to make decision this week!
The USPC has daily received hundreds of calls, along with thousands of faxes and letters in support of Oscar over the last 3 week period.
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino González Claudio transferred again
Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Avelino González Claudio was transferred to the federal prison in Ashland, Kentucky, last Wednesday, February 2 from Atlanta, Georgia. Write to the compañero! Avelino González Claudio, #09873-000 FCI ASHLAND , P.O. BOX 6001 ASHLAND , KY 41105
Comité Pro Derechos Humanos de Puerto Rico inicia nueva etapa en la campaña de excarcelación de Oscar
Comité Pro Derechos Humanos de Puerto Rico inicia nueva etapa en la campaña de excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera colocando pancartas en los puentes de las avenidas más transitadas en el país.
Behind a Push for Parole in Chicago, a Prisoner’s Old Neighborhood
Since the hearing, the National Boricua Human Rights Network, which is active in Puerto Rican issues, said it had gathered more than 4,000 signatures supporting parole in Chicago.
Organizer’s Meeting to Free Oscar
Join supporters of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López in the renewed campaign for his release! Saturday, January 15 from 05:30 PM to 7:00 PM Resist Art Collective at 2708 West Division Street, Chicago Hear a report back on Oscar’s case from Jan Susler. Alejandro Molina will discuss the second phase of the campaign. Learn [...]
Second Phase of Campaign Begins
The recommendation denying parole was the goal of the right wing, which in the few days prior to the parole hearing, created an environment of lies and innuendos in the media, reminiscent of the right wing reaction to the 1999 clemency.
As Part of Campaign to Free Oscar Lopez NBHRN Hosts Human Rights Events in NYC
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, participants took to the streets of Spanish Harlem to get letters filled out for Oscar…In under an hour, over 130 signatures were gathered in the cold.
NBHRN report on Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera’s parole hearing
On Wednesday, January 5, after a remarkably biased and tainted parole hearing, U.S. Parole Commission hearing examiner Mark Tanner announced he would recommend that Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera be denied parole…
Parole Commission Examiner Recommends No Parole for Oscar
Four members of Congress of Puerto Rican descent sent a letter to the Parole Commission calling for Lopez, a Vietnam veteran who received a Bronze Star for valor, to be freed on parole. They noted Clinton’s clemency offer in 1999 and said they do not believe Lopez poses a risk.
Alejandrina Torres & Ricardo Jiménez—We are going to free Oscar López!
The two patriots poignantly recounted their own struggles in prison and the tremendous labor of securing their freedom in 1999—a victory made bittersweet because compañeros Carlos Alberto Torres, Haydeé Beltrán and Oscar remained incarcerated. Yet their message remained hopeful…
Free Oscar! Join the Petition Campaign
Oscar López Rivera will appear before the U.S. Parole Commission the first week of January 2011 after 30 years of imprisonment for struggling for the independence of Puerto Rico.
Pancake/Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser for the Campaign to Free Oscar
Bring family, friends and supporters to this important fundraiser for the campaign to free Oscar López Rivera.
Holiday Pasteles Fundraiser—support Oscar and Avelino
Buy delicious holiday pasteles and support the commissary fund for the Puerto Rican political prisoners Oscar López and Avelino González Claudio. 1/2 dozen ($12) 1 dozen ($21) 2 dozen ($40) 3 dozen ($60) Pork or vegetarian To place an order, please contact Alejandro Molina, alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org
Oscar López Rivera Petition Drive & Educational-November 12
Come and hear former Puerto Rican political prisoners, Alejandrina Torres & Ricardo Jimenez, speak. Help NBHRN reach its goal of 40,000 petitions for Oscar Lopez Rivera! Sign and take petitions to get signed!
Protect Avelino Gonzalez’s health! Call Brooklyn MDC
Our Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino González Claudio is at Brooklyn MDC, in solitary confinement, without Parkinson disease medicines.
Raid on a Nation
Just days after FBI raids on peace activists in Minneapolis-St Paul and Chicago, demonstrations at FBI offices around the country began to protest this assault on the 1st Amendment.
Decided on living life to the fullest
There’s a saying that time spent is time lost, but I think that now, after all those years in prison, I want to live life to the fullest, appreciating every second of the day. I’ve learned to live life, participating in the struggle for our homeland, the cultural struggle.
Décima segunda conmemoración en México del Grito de Lares de Puerto Rico
El pasado 24 de septiembre del año en curso se celebró por décima segunda vez en México la gesta épica libertaria del Grito de Lares de Puerto Rico (23/ septiembre/ 1868). Esta vez en el salón Granma en la sede de la embajada de la República de Cuba en México, en la Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.