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Originally posted in IGC member conference: misc.activism.progressive
Date: March 1, 1997
Posted by: ats@locust.cic.net

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 URGENT ALERTS & UPDATES ON POLITICAL PRISONERS/PRISONERS OF WAR
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   * NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO FREE PUERTO RICAN PRISONERS OF WAR
                     AND POLITICAL PRISONERS *
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       EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN FOR PUERTO RICAN PRISONER OF WAR
                       OSCAR LOPEZ-RIVERA
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     Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Puerto Rican Prisoner of War
illegally incarcerated by the US and serving a 70 year sentence
for his activities in support of Puerto Rican independence.
According to International Law (the Geneva Convention) and the
United Nations, all Puerto Ricans have the legal right to fight
for the liberation of Puerto Rico.  This right is granted by the
UN General Assembly Resolution 1514XV of 1960.  This right was
granted to Puerto Ricans because the UN considers Puerto Rico to
be a colonial territory of the US, not a "Commonwealth' nor "Free
Associated State".  The United Nations does not recognize the US
as having any authority to govern the island and has asked the US
to leave the island and transfer all economic, political and
juridical powers back to the Puerto Rican people.

     Presently there are 15 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and
Political Prisoners illegally confined in US prisons.  In holding
them as prisoners, the United States is knowingly violating
International Law.  In addition, the US is also violating
International Law when it violates the human rights of these
prisoners.  Since the 16 years of their initial capture, both
male and female prisoners have been subjected to the following:

     Sleep deprivation, sensory isolation sexual abuse, medical
neglect, threats and harassment, unhealthy living conditions,
placed in prisons far from family and friends, placed in solitary
confinement.  These prison conditions are a violation of the
human rights of the prisoners of war and political prisoners and
has been condemned by human tights organizations such as Amnesty
International.

     Presently there is an emergency campaign focusing on POW
Oscar Lopez-Rivera who is suffering from rectal bleeding, at
Marion penitentiary.  This medical condition is very similar to
symptoms of colon cancer, an illness which was fatal to
Nationalist hero Andres Figueroa Cordero.  Although various
requests have been made for immediate medical attention, the
prison officials have ignored his requests.  This is not the
first time that POW Oscar Lopez-Rivera has been denied medical
treatment.  Almost ten years ago, while suffering from bleeding
hemorrhoids, Oscar was transferred to the hospital prison of
Springfield.  There, the hospital tortured him by chaining his
hands and legs to the sheet metal bed while he was kept in the
nude.  He was made to rest on a sheet metal bed while the room
was maintained at extreme temperatures.  Due to the emergency
nature of POW Oscar's situation, family members called for the
emergency vigil to the White House in Washington, DC, this past
December, which was immediately supported by the National
Committee. A demand for medical attention and examinations of POW
Oscar have gone unanswered.  Taking Oscar to Springfield Prison
hospital is not satisfactory since the last time he was sent
there, no adequate care was provided, instead his medical
condition was exacerbated.  We demand that he be seen by an
outside specialist doctor of the family's choice and that he be
immediately transferred out of Marion prison.

     We are calling on all those who are interested in actively
supporting the demand that Oscar Lopez-Rivera receive proper
medical treatment, to contact the following two people and
include your voice with the growing number of people demanding
that he be granted the medical treatment Oscar requires for his
health.  This campaign is active is Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, New Jersey, Orlando, California, and Puerto Rico.

     Write, call or fax your support for Oscar to the two people
listed below, the last week of each month until March 28:

     Patrick Kane, Director
     North Central Region, Federal Bureau of Prisons
     Tower II, 8th Floor, 400 State
     Kansas City, KS 66101
     Tel.      (913) 621-3939
     fax: (913) 551.1094

     Kathleen Hawk, Director
     Federal Bureau of Prisons
     320 First Street NW
     Washington, DC 20534
     fax: (202) 307. 3250
     fax: (202) 514.6878

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     Sponsored by the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican
           Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners
                           PO Box 1106
                        New York, NY 10035

     For more information come to our informative presentation on
     FEB 28 at the James Weldon Community Center 2205 First Ave.
     (114 St.) 7-9 PM. New York City. We also have a literature
     table, Sat. 12-3pm (116 & Lex..) New York City

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