Sweden Calls for Obama to Release Oscar Lopez Rivera
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Mural of Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera. | Photo: File
The group asked Obama to "do what is right" before he ends his presidency.
A group of lawmakers and cultural personalities from Sweden have asked outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama to release Puerto Rican liberation fighter Oscar López Rivera, who has spent years in solitary confinement and is one of the United States' longest-held political prisoners.
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In Friday’s joint letter from the Swedish Parliament, Obama was asked “to do what is right, to make the decision to release Oscar López Rivera.”
A leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement, López Rivera is currently serving his 35th year in prison on charges related to his ...