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More Things You Won’t Hear About During Latino Heritage Month : Puerto Rican Political Prisoners

12:37 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Puerto Rico · 2 Comments

27 Sep 2010

PROTEST THE TORTURE OF PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO!

Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino Gonzalez Claudio is being held in solitary confinement in MDC Brooklyn and is being denied his Parkinson’s Disease Medication.

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign denounces this torture and is calling on our allies and supporters to join us as protest this injustice!

WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO TORTURE AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO!

Picket on Tuesday September 28th, 2010 at 5pm

MDC Brooklyn 80 29th St.

(btwn. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

Take the R train to 28th St.

BRING YOUR FLAGS, BANNERS, NOISE MAKERS, PANDERETAS AND DRUMS!

For more info. contact The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign:718-601-4751

NYC Event : FREE AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO

8:25 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · New York City|Puerto Rico · 1 Comment

26 Apr 2010

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
www.prolibertadweb.com
prolibertad@hotmail.com
ProLibertad Hotline: 718-601-4751

FREE AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO!

Friday April 30th, 2010 at 6:30pm
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
521 W126th St. (Btwn. Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.)
Take the 1 train to W125th St.
$10 Donation (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds)
Light refreshments will be served

Who is Avelino González Claudio?

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign and El Comité Familiares y Amigos/as De Avelino González Claudio from Puerto Rico will answer that question with a special forum and discussion on the life and political work of the newest Puerto Rican Political Prisoner!

Hear from Avelino’s family what we can do to support this incredible brother! Join us as we build support for Avelino González Claudio!

Panel:

Blanca Figueroa, Avelino’s wife

Juan González Pedrosa, Avelino’s Son

Frank Velgara, ProLibertad

FREEDOM MONTH!

On April 4th, 2010 the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners will have completed 30 years in jail for FIGHTING FOR PUERTO RICAN INDPENDENCE!!

Every April, ProLibertad organizes a series of events to denounce the arrests of our political prisoners. We use this month as a time to raise awareness around the prisoners and of Puerto Rico’s colonial reality.

Action Alert : Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Being Denied Medical Treatment

3:18 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Puerto Rico · 1 Comment

14 Jul 2009

avelinoshot It’s easy to get caught up in the “all american success story” of Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Latinos, specifically Puerto Ricans are glowing with pride at the historic achievement. However, in the shadow of this “American Dream” is the reality that there are Puerto Ricans in U.S. Federal Prisons for defending the sovereignty of the island nation that Sonia Sotomayor parents came from.

From my amigos at ProLibertad:

Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino Gonzalez Claudio is being denied medical treatment! Since his incarceration, he has developed a neurological condition. In November 2008, Avelino requested, several times, medical attention receiving only a “I do not know”, “I will read some books” answer from the Doctor assigned to his facility.

Not to get all conspiracy theory-like, but it is a fact that the United States has historically conducted experiments and tortured political prisoners. Take for example the case of Pedro Albizu Campos who was given intense radiation against his will.

We cannot let our brother suffer! COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LETTER AND MAIL or FAX IT TO JEFFERY E. MCGILL! SHOW HIM AVELINO HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT!

After the jump you will find the text of the letter. We cannot let Sonia Sotomayor’s story be the only story of Puerto Rican identity shown. justice isn’t about making it to the top. It’s about community.

Machetero Arraigned In Connecticut

8:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Connecticut|Justice|Politics|Puerto Rico · Comments Off

29 Feb 2008

pr%20flag.png Avelino Gonzalez Claudio
plead not guilty yesterday to federal charges related to a $7 million robbery of the Wells Fargo armored car depot in 1983. The charges were robbery by force of a federally insured bank, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, the interstate or foreign transport of stolen goods, and conspiracy against the United States.

Gonzalez Claudio was held without bond pending a hearing Tuesday.

Via / AP

Arrested Machetero Fighting Extradition and Tortured

1:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Connecticut|Puerto Rico · Comments Off

12 Feb 2008

Avelino González Claudio, arrested last week in connection with a 1983 robbery of a Connecticut armored car depot, is fighting an extradition order that would send him to Connecticut to face trial. Gonzales Claudio considers himself a political prisoner and says he would not have a fair trial on the mainland.

A spokeswoman for the Federal prison said that some of the prison cells were being repaired and that is why the windows were covered not because Gonzalez Claudio is being treated differently from any other prisoner.

His lawyers also claim that Gonzalez Claudio is receiving inhumane treatment in the Puerto Rican Federal prison where he is being held because the only window in his cell has been covered with a metal plate, allowing no sunlight in and preventing Gonzalez Claudio from telling if it is day or night out.

Via / AP

NY Ricans to Protest Machetero Arrest

10:21 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Events|New York City|Puerto Rico · Comments Off

11 Feb 2008

There is a call for Ricans and supporters of the Rican independence movement to protest the arrest of Avelino Gonzalez Claudio.

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
Contact us at ProLibertad {AT} Hotmail.com or at the ProLibertad
Hotline: 718-601-4751. Visit our website: http://www.myspace.com/ProLibertad

Picket at 26 Federal Plaza
Jacob Javits fed bldg, either B’way btw. Worth St. & Duane St. nr.
Thomas, or at Lafayette & Worth during construction. TRAINS J, M, Z
to Chambers; 4,5 to Brooklyn Bridge; R to City Hall; #1 to Franklin;
A/C to Chambers; 2,3 to Chambers; N, Q to Canal]

Monday February 11th, 2008 at 5pm

FREE AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO

Bring your flags and your noise makers

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign denounces this LATEST ATTACK on the
Puerto Rican Independence Movement

Since the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Rios in 2005, the FBI in
Puerto Rico has harassed and assaulted various pro-Puerto Rican
Independence activists in their witch hunt against Los Macheteros; a
clandestine revolutionary independence organization Filiberto Ojeda Rios led.

In the past few months, LUIS FRATICELLI, the director of the FBI in
Puerto Rico, has intensified these acts of repression by issuing
Grand Jury subpoenas to three young Puerto Rican Activists in New
York and Puerto Rico.

This past Thursday February 7th, the FBI in Puerto Rico arrested
Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, anti-colonial combatant and Machetero, for
his participation in the Wells Fargo Incident in the 1980s

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign is calling on all supporters of
Puerto Rican Independence to join us as we picket this latest attack
on the Puerto Rican Independence movement

NO MORE PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
FBI OUT OF PUERTO RICO

Via / Personal email

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