National Boricua Human Rights Network

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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…

Please make sure to download the letter supporting Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera’s parole effort…

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.