Posts Tagged ‘Puerto Rican independence’

Mesa de Solidaridad denounces latest case of FBI persecution

By miguel • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

The independentisa organizations that comprise the Table of Solidarity Against Repression denounce the ongoing persecution by the FBI and other repressive agencies of the United States government against compañeros who struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico.



Alleged FBI pursuit of independentist

By miguel • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Puerto Rico News

…the incident took place last Tuesday when Cintrón Fiallo was running errands for his work as an investigator…four cars followed him…



Demonstration against the FBI in Ponce

By miguel • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Puerto Rico News

Representantes de diversas organizaciones independentistas, socialistas y de los derechos humanos convocaron ayer, por medio de la Mesa de Solidaridad contra la represión federal, a la marcha…



Crime Against Humanity: April 2008

By miguel • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, Events, Political Prisoners

Imagine 27 years of your life living in a space 6 feet by 9 feet. Imagine being confined in isolation with no human contact. Imagine the shakedowns, the strip searches and the complete disregard for your humanity.



PIP condemns Department of Justice for not prosecuting FBI

By miguel • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

“The Attorney General abandoned his responsibility to defend the interests of the Puerto Rican people and became the defense attorney for the FBI…



Photo Archives: Puerto Rican Culture Center

By miguel • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Photos, Political Prisoners

This slide show features PRCC images from the 1970s through 2000s.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.



Lolita Lebron convokes 100 Women for Puerto Rican Independence

By miguel • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: La Red, Puerto Rico News, Solidarity

In Puerto Rico, we women are fighting for our rights as workers, we are fighting for a healthy environment, for poor and marginalized communities, for the freedom of the political prisoners…



You want to just take Oscar with you

By miguel • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, La Red, Political Prisoners

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 I walk [...]



Puerto Rican political prisoner Avelino González Claudio is awaiting bail hearing

By miguel • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: La Red, Political Prisoners

Avelino González Claudio is presently incarcerated at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, and awaiting trial.



Antonio Camacho: Conmemoración del natalicio de Juan Antonio Corretjer

By miguel • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners

…el verdadero tributo y respeto que le podemos rendir a Juan Antonio Corretjer, al Comandante Juan Antonio Corretjer, no es meramente venir aquí todos los años a hacerle un recordatorio…es estudiar sus obras, poner en práctica sus ideas y difundirlas. Es serle fiel a sus pensamientos y ejecutorias aun después de su muerte.