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| VirtualBoricua.org |
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NEW YORK — “This is year 33, Oscar López must be free,” chanted 75 people here March 30 to demand that the U.S. government release Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The protest lasted 33 minutes to symbolize the number of years López has been in prison. April 29 will mark the 33rd anniversary of his arrest on trumped-up charges that included “seditious conspiracy” to bring about the independence of Puerto Rico.
“He has never been accused or convicted of committing a violent act or causing harm or death to anyone,” said a statement from the group 33 Women NYC x Oscar, which organized the protest. The newly formed group plans to keep holding protests around the city on the last Sunday of each month. |
| — SETH GALINSKY |