National Boricua Human Rights Network

The newly formed Orlando Chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will be holding an official Press Conference open to the Public at which time we will present our platform on the release of Oscar López Rivera. NBHRN is a national organization, based in Chicago with chapters throughout the U.S. which defends Puerto Rican [...]

“31 DAYS FOR 31 YEARS” A Multimedia and Interactive Exhibit for the Release of Oscar López Rivera The National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN), Batey Urbano and Latin@ Coalition are about to commence “31 Days for 31 Years” in which 31 activists and community residents will spend 24 hours each in a makeshift storefront cell [...]

Attorney Luis Abreu Elías, who represented Ojeda Ríos in the past, asked international organisms to investigate the assassination. By Inter News Service February 2, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/pesquisainternacionalamuertedefilibertoojedarios-1181116.html Attorney Luis Abreu Elías, who represented the deceased Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, member of the Boricua Popular Army–The Macheteros, today accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of having allowed [...]

[http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/images/spacer.gif] http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=34850D3EC799D5E7F89904D7D4EAD4A8 Desde el 1999, cuando una conmutación presidencial logró la excarcelación de 11 prisioneros políticos puertorriqueños, el Bureau de Prisiones Federal (BOP) ha rechazado todas las peticiones por parte de los medios para entrevistar a Oscar López Rivera. Y esto aun cuando la política del BOP permite a los medios entrevistar a los prisioneros [...]

By Perla Franco Published: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=34729F31E64C5D481AABD31E196B5D71 The executive secretary of the Sao Paulo Forum, a regional organization of leftist parties and organizations, in its Circular 019-2012 passed a resolution supporting the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. “We show our support for compañero Oscar López Rivera, who at 69 [...]

EFE January 26, 2012 http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-01-26/ortega-llama-a-luchar-con Managua, Jan. 26 (EFE).- The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, said that Latin America is ready to wage a battle with “greater energy” for the independence of Puerto Rico, during a meeting in Managua with the independentista leader of the island, Rubén Berríos Martínez, the government press reported today. Ortega [...]

By InterNews Service Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=16135B9AD122B5C8D38636E88874DC44 San Juan, Jan. 25 (INS).- The World Council of the Socialist International, which just met in Costa Rica, adopted a resolution supporting the self-determination of Puerto Rico and the release of political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, according to today’s report from the Puerto Rican Independence Party [...]

Fufi Santori January 10, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/blog/1162512/ (Spanish translation follows English) Dear Luis: Pardon the familiarity, but I consider you a young Puerto Rican friend and a decent person. The fact that you are the governor of Puerto Rico, and that I differ with your ideas and beliefs, as well as the way in which you [...]

By Noel Colón Martínez Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=C86A262C00AB65CF505F1A5171FAABA2 The unjust incarceration of our dear friend and compañero Oscar López Rivera will have lasted for 31 years as of 2012. As with Don Pedro, he was accused of seditious conspiracy, which is a type of catchall where a lot of acts and circumstances are [...]

Pedro Rafael Ortiz S. Sacerdote Diocesano Comunidad San Francisco Javier-Parcelas/Navarro Salmo 71 en la liturgia del día de Reyes: “Se postrarán ante ti, Señor, todos los reyes de la tierra”. Y continua, “que en sus días florezca la justicia y la paz abunde eternamente”. Me pidieron que viniera a bendecir esta obra, este mural que [...]