Packed courtroom supports Luis Barrios

Luis Barrios WW photo

About 100 activists, supporters and allies of social justice packed a New York courtroom Dec. 11 in solidarity with the Rev. Luis Barrios.

Police unjustly arrested Barrios, a longtime Puerto Rican pro-independence and social-justice activist, and 15 other activists outside the United Nations on Sept. 19. The activists were protesting the presence of war criminal President George W. Bush and challenging the “protest-free” zone.

In an act of silent and organized protest, all of those present at the court stood up when Barrios’ name was called. The judge and the district attorney postponed his case until Jan. 23 at 9 a.m., at 100 Centre Street, room 206 (part C).

Geoff Millard, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War and one of the activists arrested with Barrios, attended the hearing. Millard and Barrios are the only two out of the “UN 16” who have charges pending against them. Millard’s court date is Jan. 16.

For more information call 212-926-5757 or e-mail UN16Defense@yahoo.com.