Nov 22 7:16 PM

Puerto Ricans to demonstrate for release of Oscar López

Part of a mural dedicated to Oscar López Rivera near the University of Puerto Rico.
Julián Varela
The Stream (Al Jazeera)

With marches scheduled on November 23 in San Juan and New York City calling for the release of Oscar López, who was convicted by the United States for seditious conspiracy in 1981, several prominent Puerto Ricans have renewed efforts to have the 70-year-old pardoned.

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