Video of OLR mural in Puerto Rico
From December 23 – 26, 2011 the Vanguardia Artística Revolucionaria collective created a mural for Oscar López Rivera, the longest held political prisoner in the West. View the video by below (in Spanish).
UPR Students create Holiday Mural as present for Oscar López Rivera
December 25, 2011 from Juan Santiago In another grand heroic deed of the youth-students at the UPR, they started working on this mural on Friday December 23, 2011, working from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. They continued on Christmas Eve, Saturday the 24th of December at 9:00 a.m. They worked intensely that day. It was [...]
December 22 Ateneo to dedicate flag-raising to Oscar López Rivera
On December 22, the Puerto Rican Ateneo will dedicate its solemn act of raising the Puerto Rican flag to Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The activity will take place, as it does every year, at noon in front of the historical headquarters in Old San Juan. The family, including his brother José López, [...]
NBHRN & Centro Sin Fronteras welcome Cuba Caravan to Paseo Boricua
A crowd of 50 enthusiastic well-wishers and supporters greeted Father Luis Barrios and the 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba last Sunday, July 10 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church. Pastor and activist Emma Lozano began the event with a service and powerful service linking the Cuba Caravan to the struggle to free the [...]
Chicago Student Film Project on OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA
This video is by Matt McCanna, a 19 year film major at Columbia College Chicago. From Matt: “I decided to make this documentary due to my concern about the general lack of knowledge the public has to the issue of the colonial status of Puerto Rico. However this documentary mainly focuses on the unjustly imprisonment [...]
Oscar López Rivera Message to Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School 2011 graduating class
For me it’s a privilege and honor to be able to share this moment with you, albeit via the written word. i would like to congratulate the graduating students and wish you much success with your goals and future. I would also like to exhort you not to allow anyone or anything to stop you [...]
Oscar López presente en Nueva York
El pasado 3 de junio de 2011 se celebraron los 40 años de aportaciones a la música nacional puertorriqueña de Andrés Jiménez, El Jibaro ante un auditorio lleno a capacidad en el Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture del Hostos Communitty College, en la ciudad de Nueva York. La actividad fue auspiciada por el [...]
Freedom Walk Day 9; 30 miles away from La Casita; pics and video!
The small but determined group of walkers that left this morning to join Michael and Matt on the last leg of the Freedom Walk 2011, made up for their numbers by their enthusiasm and by showing all who were walking their specially printed Oscar shirts. This group will walk 15 miles today and return tomorrow [...]
Freedom Walk Day 4, pics and video
Yesterday, Michael Reyes Benavides and Matt McCanna, the Freedom Walkers journeyed another 22 miles, the longest one day hike so far, to get within 106 miles of Chicago. Michael also made an appeal for interested individuals to join them this Saturday and Sunday, to walk the last 30 miles to Chicago. To register for the [...]
Freedom Walk Day 3, pics & video
Today the Freedom Walkers, Michael Reyes Benavides and Matt McCanna, trekked another 20 miles as they continued toward Chicago. Michael Reyes writes in his blog, reyes.com, a post titled “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 [...]
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 [...]
Action Alert! RIGHT WING CAMPAIGNING AGAINST OSCAR’S PAROLE APPEAL
As the right-wing mobilizes against Oscar’s parole appeal, we must increase our efforts. Please do the following immediately and every day until we hear of a decision. Download the letter to fax here and the sample phone script here. WE CAN FREE OSCAR, Alejandro Luis Molina Apparently the Parole Commission has notified the “victims” that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Second Phase of Campaign to Free Oscar Lopez Rivera-Effective Immediately!
As of today, the National Boricua Human Rights Network launches the second phase of the campaign for Oscar López Rivera’s freedom! With a letter, fax and phone-in campaign, the NBHRN and the Puerto Rico-based Comité Pro-Derechos Humanos are urging the parole commissioners to reject the wrong-headed and politically punitive recommendation of the parole examiner. We [...]
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…
New Video-Last Week of 40,000 Letter Campaign for Oscar!
Please make sure to download the letter supporting Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera’s parole effort…
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.
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.
Lolita Lebrón passes away: El Nuevo Día
San Juan- The Nationalist heroine, Lolita Lebrón, who was jailed a quarter century in the United States for leading a commando attack on the Congress, died at 11:05 am today.
Support Carlos Alberto Torres’ Re-entry!
Carlos faces almost immediate basic expenses, such as dental care, the need for a used truck to transport ceramics and ceramic supplies and of course, housing…
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.
Help Bring Carlos Alberto Torres Home! Write a letter today! (video)
The National Boricua Human Rights Network continues its campaign to meet and surpass the 10,000 letter (latest count 8,500) to the US Parole Commission in favor of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres’ release later this year. The Network has just released a video explaining the background to the case. Please forward to your [...]
Urgent New Campaign for Carlos Alberto Torres
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