Archives for the ‘Civil Liberties and Repression’ Category

Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions

By miguel • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision.



Moles Wanted: FBI Infiltrates Local Groups

By miguel • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors. Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated.



New Subpoena Issued to Puerto Rican Activist

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, La Red, Vieques

On May 13, 2008, the FBI searched and served a Grand Jury subpoena on the compañero attorney and educator Elliot Monteverde Torres. The subpoena orders the activist to appear in the federal court of New York on May 23, 2008. Elliot lives with his wife and daughter in Texas. He was a student leader in [...]



Archbishop interviewed by FBI

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

The archbishop of San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, confirmed to EL VOCERO that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents interviewed him with respect to two visits that the religious leader had with the president of the Boricua Popular Army Los Macheteros, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, while he was in clandestinity.



Justice says that evidence reveals Ojeda Ríos was assassinated

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

Attorney General Roberto Sánchez Ramos revealed today that scientific evidence compiled by the Institute of Forensic Sciences in the death of Machetero leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos shows that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent who fired the fatal shot lied when he justified his act.



Filiberto Ojeda Rios Interview Part 4

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Filiberto Ojeda Rios Interview Part 3

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Filiberto Ojeda Rios Interview Part 2

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Filiberto Ojeda Rios Interview Part 1

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI

By miguel • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

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Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI
San Juan – El Taller de Derechos Civiles, que reúne a estudiantes de Derecho de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, se expresó en contra de las intervenciones con ciudadanos y ciudadanas que está llevando a cabo el Negociado Federal de Investigaciones (FBI, por sus siglas en [...]