Posts Tagged ‘Puerto Rican political prisoners’

Crime Against Humanity East Coast Tour

By miguel • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, Events, Photos, Political Prisoners

Friday, December 12, 7PM at Hostos College, 500 Grand Concourse Bronx, New York City (download leaflet)
Sunday, December 14, 4PM at Taller Puertorriqueño, 2557 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (download leaflet)
Tuesday, December 16, 7PM La Paloma Sabanera 406 Capital Ave, Hartford, CT (download leaflet)
Wednesday, December 17, 7PM at 60 Island Street, Lawrence,  Massachusetts (download leaflet)
Thursday, December [...]



American Association of Jurists calls for release of Puerto Rican political prisoners

By miguel • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners, Puerto Rico News

The degrading and inhumane treatment constitute violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention Against Torture, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and the Principles for the Protection of All Persons Under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment…



Memoria de un ayuno por la libertad

By miguel • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners, Puerto Rico News

Carlos Alberto Torres lleva 28 años preso y Oscar López Rivera lleva 27 años preso. Avelino González Claudio fue arrestado y espera juicio próximamente. Todos han ido a la cárcel por su creencia en la independencia de Puerto Rico y por su lucha para que los puertorriqueños ejerzan verdaderamente el derecho a la autodeterminación.



Clinton clemency flap a non-issue in P.R.

By miguel • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Political Prisoners

By: Ben Adler
May 24, 2008
Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory scheduled to hold a closely watched Democratic presidential primary June 1, is unaccustomed to cutting such a high-profile role in presidential politics.
Indeed, you have to look back roughly a decade to find the last time Puerto Rico played a starring role in mainland politics–the summer of [...]



Community Premiere of Crime Against Humanity

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, La Red, Political Prisoners

On April, 5, 2008, the Batey Urbano and the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) debuted their play Crime Against Humanity to the Humboldt Park community. Over 40 persons attended that opening, with such notables attendees as Miguel Palacio of Association House, ex-political prisoner José Luis Rodríguez, Jan Susler of the People’s Law Office [...]



Not Enough Space in San Francisco Part 2

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Not Enough Space, Political Prisoners

San Francisco Not Enough Space Exhibit during May 2006.

See Part 1.



Not Enough Space comes to San Francisco

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Not Enough Space, Political Prisoners, Video

This following is footage of the “Not Enough Space” art exhibit, taken during May 2006, featuring the artwork of Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar López Rivera at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art in San Francisco.

See part 2.



April 4th Concert with Orquesta Mapeyé

By miguel • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Photos, Political Prisoners

On Friday, April 4th, NBHRN celebrated the Centennial of Juan Antonio Corretjer with a concert by Orquesta Mapeyé, who along with the Boricua Hip-Hop star, SieteNueve, came directly from Puerto Rico to Chicago.



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 [...]



Crimen contra la humanidad

By miguel • Mar 22nd, 2008 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, Political Prisoners

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.