On Monday, July 26, a group of more than 50 family members, friends, and supporters of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres drove the grueling 3 1/2 hour drive from Chicago to Pekin, IL to be on hand as Carlos Alberto was released early that morning. Only his family was allowed to enter the [...]
Documentary on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War campaign of the 90s featuring interviews with political prisoners and their supporters.
Across the US and in Puerto Rico, over a dozen events attended by hundreds commemorated the 30th anniversary of the April 4th, 1980 arrests of the Puerto Rican political prisoners in Evanston, IL. In Chicago, the National Boricua Human Rights Network sponsored the Jornada 360 culminating event, which was preceeded by 15 days by the [...]
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 [...]
National Boricua Human Rights Network (boricuahumanrights.org) hosts Legacies of Corretjer: Narratives of Resistance and Struggle. An evening commemorating the 1980 arrest and incarceration of 15 Puerto Rican political prisoners. The evening includes reflections from ex-political prisoner Alicia Rodriguez, Grand Jury resister Tania Frontera, coordinator of the Puerto Rican Human Rights Committee Eduardo Villanueva and cultural [...]
Crime Against Humanity sponsored by Public Square, filmed by CAN-TV.
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