National Boricua Human Rights Network

By Samuel Vega Crime Against Humanity actor Samuel Vega was recently able to visit Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The play is based on a series of extensive interviews with the Puerto Rican political prisoners excarcerated by President Clinton in 1999. What follows is a short reflection. I get to the prison. As [...]

Con risas, lágrimas y muchos aplausos, la comunidad boricua de Humboldt Park recibió el 7 de marzo otra presentación anticipada de seis de las escenas que componen “Crimen contra la Humanidad”, obra teatral coescrita por Michael Reyes Benavides, actor, poeta y activista de origen mexicano, y el ex prisionero político puertorriqueño Luis Rosa.

Special dinner with Luis Rosa begins at 5:30pm
followed by Crime Against Humanity at 7:00pm
Batey Urbano, 2620 W. Division

These photos were taken on March 3, 2008. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Chicago Cast New York Cast Chicago Cast   Samuel Vega as Prisoner #10035. Samuel is currently a student at Northeastern Illinois University and collective member of the Batey Urbano. He has performed at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in CPS Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, both productions directed by Kirsten Kelly. Recently, he appeared in the [...]

A play by poet and activist Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides and former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Luis Rosa, directed by Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides March 3rd and 7th, 8:00 pm at Batey Urbano (2620 W. Division Street) Imagine 27 years of your life living in a space 6 feet by 9 feet. Imagine being confined [...]

Contents Crime Against Humanity The Actors Industry Opening: Video CAN-TV Video of Crime Against Humanity Photos from Preview Show • March 3, 2008 Special Acknowledgments Download press packet Articles on Crime Against Humanity     Crime Against Humanity A play by poet and activist Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides and former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Luis [...]

This is the film of the industry showing of Crime Against Humanity shown on January 26, 2008. Visit www.CrimeAgainstHumanity.net for more information on the play and show schedule.

We would like to acknowledge those who came out for the industry preview of Crime Against Humanity at Batey Urbano: Robert Teitel, Producer of Barber Shop and Humboldt Park Sharon King, King Casting Jessica Camacho, Peoples Theater Ivan Vega, Urban Theater Company José López, Puerto Rican Cultural Center Lourdes Lugo, Pedro Albizu Campos High School [...]

January 2008, La Red Batey Urbano was the site of this year’s 15th Annual Pancake Waffle Breakfast fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Over 250 people ate a delicious vegetarian breakfast and listened to videos of the Puerto Rican political prisoners, Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar López Rivera. The audience [...]