[Ppnews] "30 Days for 30 Years" - A 30 day Interactive Art Installation!

[Political Prisoner News]

Just got done opening 30 Days for 30 Years:
A 30 day Interactive Art Installation!

We worked till 3am. But its up and running. Come visit. From 9AM-9PM 
a prisoner will be on display.

176 E. 106th ST. El Barrio New York- Next to FB Lounge.
First Prisoner is Ray from the Welfare Poets!

This project will be taking place simultaneously in four locations: 
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Prisoner #001, Day one of "30 days for 30 years"

For Immediate Release 30 Days for 30 Years: A 30 day Interactive Art 
Installation

FB Lounge 172 East 106th Street New York in Manhattan and will run 30 
days consecutively from March 4th- April 3rd

The National Boricua Human Rights Network is excited to announce the 
opening of an art installation titled: "The experience of Puerto 
Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto: 30 Days for 30 years"

In response to the 30th year of incarceration of Puerto Rican 
Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, the NBHRN has recreated the 
isolation of prison. One participant has volunteered to spend 12 
hours in a makeshift prison cell, with only notepad pencil and book 
for comfort.

The installation will take place at the 176 East 106th Street next to 
FB lounge, El Barrio, New York in Manhattan and will run 30 days 
consecutively from March 4th- April 3rd. This project will be taking 
place simultaneously in four locations: Chicago, New York, 
Philadelphia and San Juan, Puerto Rico. People can stop by and view 
the cell and participants 12 hours a day and learn more about Carlos 
Alberto Torres and the other remaining Puerto Rican political 
prisoner, Oscar Lopez Rivera and Avelino Gonzalez Claudio.

Carlos Alberto Torres was arrested in 1980, accused of seditious 
conspiracy and sentenced to 78 years in federal prison. April 4, 2010 
will mark the 30th year of his incarceration. In response to the 30th 
year of incarceration of longest held Puerto Rican Political 
Prisoner- Carlos Alberto Torres - the National Boricua Human Rights 
Network has re-created the isolation by the US Government of Puerto 
Rico's patriot. It is also to bring awareness and to send a message 
to release them.

The National Boricua Human Rights Network is an organization composed 
of Puerto Ricans in the US with 3 main concerns: (1) The 
decontamination of the island of Vieques to its people; (2) The 
release of the remaining Puerto Rican political prisoners; (3) An end 
to the continuing political repression and criminalization of the 
Puerto Rican community.

Log on at 
<http://www.boricuahumanrights.org>http://www.boricuahumanrights.org 
for more information. Family and loved ones, as well as lawyers and 
activists familiar with the campaign for their excarceration are 
available for interviews.

Please contact Melissa Montero at 
<mailto:zoemontero at hotmail.com>zoemontero at hotmail.com for more 
information and a list of possible interviewees.



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