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.
Reminder: Let’s finish the week strong! Call-in for Oscar today!
Please post to your Facebook accounts and re-tweet @olrcat! UPDATE: On February 2, the US Parole Commission indicated that Oscar Lopez RIvera’s case was designated an “Original Jurisdiction” case, and they expect to make a decision by NEXT WEEK, Friday, February 11, to confirm or reject the negative recommendation by the US Parole Examiner on [...]
National Week of Solidarity with Oscar López RIvera
This week can be the determining week for the freedom of Oscar López Rivera. The US Parole Commission has said they intend to make their decision to confirm or reject the negative recommendation by the US Parole Examiner on Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera, #87651-024, currently incarcerated at FCI Terre Haute. Oscar, 68 [...]
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN
EMERGENCY • URGENT • EMERGENCY • URGENT • EMERGENCY • URGENT January 22, 2011 Please post far and wide-facebook, twitter, etc A Parole Commission spokesperson just told Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera’s attorney that the decision whether to parole Oscar could be made by February 1-THAT MEANS WE HAVE 8 DAYS TO IMPACT [...]
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…
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
Carlos Alberto Torres is Free!
On Monday, July 26, a group of more than 50 family members, friends, and supporters of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres drove the grueling 3 1/2 hour drive from Chicago to Pekin, IL to be on hand as Carlos Alberto was released early that morning. Only his family was allowed to enter the [...]
Cada guaraguao tiene su pitirre
Documentary on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War campaign of the 90s featuring interviews with political prisoners and their supporters.
Avelino González Claudio sentenced
Having been in custody since February of 2008, Avelino will serve an additional two and a half years— significant, given that this 67 year old man was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease during his time in jail. The government has not disclosed which prison he will be assigned to.
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.
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 [...]
Jornada 360 Events across the US and in Puerto Rico Huge Success! (Video Virtual Tour)
Across the US and in Puerto Rico, over a dozen events attended by hundreds commemorated the 30th anniversary of the April 4th, 1980 arrests of the Puerto Rican political prisoners in Evanston, IL. In Chicago, the National Boricua Human Rights Network sponsored the Jornada 360 culminating event, which was preceeded by 15 days by the [...]
Feds Mull Releasing Puerto Rican Nationalist
The U.S. Parole Commission in January held a hearing on whether to release Torres. A spokeswoman says the decision will come “soon.”
Message from Carlos Alberto Torres
Thirty years ago, on a day like today, a group of Puerto Rican men and women faced the dawn to fulfill their patriotic duty. Although the events of that day would taint the date (as the song says) as that damned 4th of April of Puerto Rican daring; a day that would become a symbol of resistance, valor and sacrifice.
Jornada 360
The National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) is excited to announce the opening of an art installation titled: “The Experience of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres: 30 Years Behind Bars”
Crucial moment for Puerto Rican political prisoner: U.S. Commission will decide Carlos A. Torres’ case
There is no deadline for the decision,” informed his attorney Jan Susler. But it’s a fact that soon, Torres, 57 years old, will learn the ruling on his second bid for parole in 15 years. The first was denied.
Alicia Rodríguez: Ten years of constant challenge
For Alicia Rodríguez, one of the ex Puerto Rican political prisoners released in 1999, the past 10 years have been “a constant challenge.” Instead of returning to Chicago, she preferred to move to Puerto Rico, where she’d never lived before.
Harassment of Carlos Alberto and Avelino continues
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.
Carmen Valentín: “The historical moment I was living in presented me with this option of struggle, and I accepted it”
Her decision to come to Puerto Rico after her release was above all about family and love for her homeland.
NBHRN Call to Re-Energize Campaign to Free Oscar and Carlos, HostosCC 12-12-09
On December 12, 2009, National Boricua Human Rights Network organized a summit at Hostos College in the Bronx, New York of old and new activist in the campaign to release the Puerto Rican political prisoners.
Alberto Rodríguez: After ten years of freedom, still feels the pain of imprisonment
“It’s hard to get back lost time, especially when it has to do with the family,” is the first reaction of former Puerto Rican political prisoner Alberto Rodríguez, reflecting on these 10 years after his release in 1999.
US health agency to take ‘fresh look’ at Vieques
A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico’s east coast.