Oscar López Rivera is a pro-independence Puerto Rican imprisoned for more than thirty years. His crime was his unconditional commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico. The US imposition of colonialism in Puerto Rico is in violation of Resolution 1514 XV of the United Nations.
Given the injustice of his lengthy sentence, and the irrationality of his continuing imprisonment, I want to add my voice to the many civic, religious, political and community leaders in the U.S., Puerto Rico and abroad who have asked him to come home, be it by presidential commutation or parole.
Lopez, arrested in 1981, is serving a sentence of 70 years for seditious conspiracy, for his commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico. He was not accused or convicted of causing harm or taking a life. His projected