NBHRN 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast
View the video and interview with Miguel Morales of the National Boricua Human Rights Network at the 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast Commissary Fundraiser. The Pancake Breakfast took place Sunday, December 11, 2011.
Video of OLR mural in Puerto Rico
From December 23 – 26, 2011 the Vanguardia Artística Revolucionaria collective created a mural for Oscar López Rivera, the longest held political prisoner in the West. View the video by below (in Spanish).
Honrarán a los Presos Políticos – El Nuevo Día
Elnuevodia.com This video shares a clip about the gathering in solidarity with Puerto Rico, September 12th and 13th,2011 in Cuba. This gathering represents solidarity in the call for justice for the Puerto Rican political prisoners and the Cuban 5. As the speakers share, commemorating the 143rd anniversary of el Grito de Lares was symbolic and [...]
Unknown Boricua: Streaming
Unknown Boricua: Streaming from Juan Sanchez on Vimeo. Juan Sanchez presents a collection of audio clips, images, and transformative ideas of the “Nuyorican state of mind”. The streaming presents the diversity of experiences within the history of Puerto Rico and the United States through a flow of images, languages, and music.
Conference on Political Prisoners at Hostos College 1993
State Assemblyman Jose Rivera (than a City Councilman) leads a conference on the campaign to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners at Hostos College on March 13, 1993.
NBHRN & Centro Sin Fronteras welcome Cuba Caravan to Paseo Boricua
A crowd of 50 enthusiastic well-wishers and supporters greeted Father Luis Barrios and the 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba last Sunday, July 10 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church. Pastor and activist Emma Lozano began the event with a service and powerful service linking the Cuba Caravan to the struggle to free the [...]
Chicago Student Film Project on OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA
This video is by Matt McCanna, a 19 year film major at Columbia College Chicago. From Matt: “I decided to make this documentary due to my concern about the general lack of knowledge the public has to the issue of the colonial status of Puerto Rico. However this documentary mainly focuses on the unjustly imprisonment [...]
Highlights of May 29 events!
Cleveland short video: On Saturday, May 28, the Cleveland Chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network and the Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience Project sponsored an afternoon of drumming and spiritual renewal to call for the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera on the eve of the 30th anniversary of his arrest. [...]
Freedom Walk Day 6; Humboldt Park afternoon walk, pics and videos
Wednesday, May 25, Michael and Matt walked another 21 miles, getting to with 80 miles of Chicago, and expect to reach Highland, IN, where they will be joined by over another 20 Freedom Walkers on Saturday, May 28, to finish the last 30 miles and arrive at the Unity Ecumenical Service on Sunday, May 29, [...]
Freedom Walk Day 4, pics and video
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 [...]
Freedom Walk Day 2, pictures & video
Today, Saturday, May 21, the Freedom Walkers (Michael Reyes Benavides, Matt McCanna) got 20 miles closer to Chicago, where they will meet another 30 Freedom Walkers 30 miles from Chicago on Saturday, May 28 as they arrive at the Unity Ecumenical Service on Sunday, May 29 (the day of Oscar’s arrest and subsequent imprisonment for [...]
New Video-Last Week of 40,000 Letter Campaign for Oscar!
Please make sure to download the letter supporting Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera’s parole effort…
CAN-TV video: Carlos Alberto Torres is Free!
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 [...]
Mexican Independence Day Celebration
To celebrate Mexican Independence Day, the National Boricua Human Rights Network and Centro Sin Fronteras joined Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez contingent on Saturday, September 18 at the Mexican Independence Day Parade in Little Village.
Lolita Lebrón Memorial Pts 1 & 2
On August 1, 2010, Lolita Lebrón died from complications of a cardio respiratory affection. On March 1, 1954, Lolita led a Nationalist Party commando composed of Rafael Cancel Miranda, Oscar Collazo, Irving Flores Rodriguez and Andrés Figueroa Cordero, and served 25 years in prison, until a world-wide campaign with roots in Puerto Rico and Chicago, [...]
Carlos Alberto Torres is Free!
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 [...]
Cada guaraguao tiene su pitirre
Documentary on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War campaign of the 90s featuring interviews with political prisoners and their supporters.
Jornada 360 Events across the US and in Puerto Rico Huge Success! (Video Virtual Tour)
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 [...]
Help Bring Carlos Alberto Torres Home! Write a letter today! (video)
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 [...]
Legacies of Corretjer • Film by CAN-TV
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 • Film by CAN-TV
Crime Against Humanity sponsored by Public Square, filmed by CAN-TV.