[Ppnews] NY - Puerto Rican Grand Jury resistance update

[Political Prisoner News]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2008

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resistgrandjury at gmail.com

New Video PSA link, click below:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KmOrF9qAhg



DAYBOOK ITEM/PHOTO DESK

FAMILIES, FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS OF SUBPOENAED PUERTO RICANS
TO CALL ON FEDERAL GRAND JURY TO STOP THE REPRESSION

A protest has been called by community leaders, friends, family and
supporters of Puerto Ricans subpoenaed by a Federal Grand Jury to
demand an end to the repression against them and all Puerto Ricans.
They will also call on all New Yorkers concerned about civil and human
rights to join them at a picket in front of the Brooklyn Federal Court
at 9:30 am on Monday, July 28, 2008.


The picket will coincide with similar acts and rallies in Puerto Rico
at the Federal court in HatoRey on July 27, 2008 at 6:00pm. TANIA
FRONTERA, a graphic designer, and CHRISTOPHER TORRES, a social worker,
have been ordered to appear before the Grand Jury at the Brooklyn
Federal Court investigating the Puerto Rican independence movement.
Various motions will be argued in favor that the 'Motions to quash'
the subpoenas be held in open court and not in 'secret' and that the
government reveal 'illegal surveillance' sources. Two groups: Puerto
Rico Committee for Human Rights and the National Boricua Human Rights
Network have filed motions to intervene in support to have the
subpenas thrown out on constitutional grounds. These motions will be
argued by their lawyers at the Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday, July
28th at 10:00 am.


Puerto Rican activists in New York and Puerto Rico maintain that the
subpoenas are part of a larger, systematic campaign to repress the
independence movement in Puerto Rico and instill fear and discord
among its allies and supporters. It's the latest chapter of a long
history of repression waged against Puerto Rican community.


WHAT: Elected officials, community leaders, family and friends and
supporters of subpoenaed Puerto Ricans demand an end to the repression

WHEN: Monday, July 28, 2008 at 9:30 am

WHERE: Brooklyn Federal Court, 225 Cadman Plaza East and Tillary Street

The Hostos Grand Jury Resistance Campaign, a coalition formed in New
York in response to the recent round of grand jury subpoenas, calls on
all freedom loving and progressive people to picket in front of the
Brooklyn Federal Court on July 28, 2008 at 9:30 am to support TANIA
FRONTERA and CHRISTOPHER TORRES, who have been subpoenaed to the federal
grand jury investigating the Puerto Rican independence movement. Various
motions will be argued by their lawyers before Judge Carol B. Amon of the
Brooklyn Federal Court.

So far, since the new year of 2008, Puerto Ricans Tania Frontera, a
graphic designer, Christopher Torres, a social worker, Julio Pabon, a
filmmaker, Elliot Monteverde Torres, a lawyer and spokesperson for the
Vieques Alliance (a New York based coalition that fought to rid the US
Navy from the island municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico) and a fifth
person, an independentista and human rights activist, have been subpoenaed
to the Brooklyn Federal Court in New York City. They attest that they
will not be intimidated nor allow for their political ideas to be
suppressed.

Historically, the US government has used the federal grand jury since
the 1930's an instrument of political internment of Puerto Rican
pro-independence activists. Those who refused to testify by exercising
the established pro-independence political principle of 'non
collaboration' to the grand jury can be held in 'contempt of court'
and imprisoned.


The Puerto Rican Freedom Project

2nd fundraiser Hosted by Hec-one
Suggested donation: $10

Fri. July 25th, 2008
A benefit for the Freedom Album, a CD compilation to raise awareness
and funds for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of
War and their families


Lcation: Camaradas El Barrio
2241 1st avenue
between 115th-116th St.
212-348-2703

www.camaradaselbarrio.com

Doors open at 7pm, show will begin by 8:30pm-9pm

There will be an art sale to benefit the efforts of the Puerto Rican
Freedom Committee as well as a blow out performances by: The Welfare
Poets, Bombayo, NOT4PROPHET(OF THE X-VANDALS AND RICANSCTRUCTION)
M-TEAM AND Division X


http://www.prfreedomproject.org or
http://www.myspace.com/freeourpoliticalprisoners


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