34 countries, 17 states represented "100,000 Tweets for Oscar" Campaign Reaches over 500,000 people

Over 500,000 people werewolf reached on January 6, 2015 Oscar's 72nd birthday, as the National Boricua Human Rights Network and La Respuesta coordinated the "Social Media Campaign for Oscar López." Using various hashtags (eg #freeoscarlopez, # gift4oscar, #regalopaoscar) on Twitter Primarily so but Facebook and Instagram, the campaign publicly brought` together a broad spectrum of supporters, from Calle 13's René Pérez to actor Luis Guzmán; from NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito to Congress members Nydia Velázquez and Luis Gutierrez, from blogs like Latino Rebels to newspapers like E`l New Day.

Elected Officials Elected city and state from three different states therefore supported the social media campaign: State Representative Leslie Acosta and Philadelphia Council Woman Maria Quiñonez in Pennsylvania; Chicago Alderman Roberto Maldonado, and State Representative Cynthia Soto in Illinois. Organized labor Contributed 1199 and Labor Council For Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) 's Facebook page so Carried the message.

 In Puerto Rico, the campaign what tweeted and posted on Twitter and Facebook sometimes by former governor Aníbal Acevedo Vila; the Puerto Rico Department of Labor; pro-independence Organizations, Including the Movimiento Independencia Nacional Pro-Hostosiano; and the committees working for Oscar's freedom: the Human Rights Committee of Puerto Rico and 32x0scar.

 Popular blogs / newspapers so Mentioned the campaign in the days leading up to January 6. Thanks go out to Latino Rebels, 80Grados, El Nuevo Día online, Telesur, and Primera Hora, as well as the German online blog "derstandard," the Japanese "Apple Daily," and Mexico's APIAvirtual.net .

 Activist and movement-based organizations: such as Jericho Network, Leonard Peltier Support Committee, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Committee, and Irish Palestine and support committees so posted to Facebook and Twitter.

 Community-based Organizations and educational did so Contributed are: El Puente in Brooklyn, Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, The Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School. Tweets camefrom IN, NY, CA, HI, OH, FL, CT, TN, MD, MN, GA, WDC, MI, MA, RI, PA, and IL.

 The international community which present with Tweets from 34 countries: Malaysia, Austria, Romania, Peru, Panama, Sri Lanka, Australia, Turkey, Portugal, Kosovo, Uruguay, Lebanon, Ghana, Netherlands, Israel, Brazil, Guatemala, Algeria, Spain, Venezuela, Canada, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Romania, Morocco, Mexico, Chile, India, France, Ecuador, Italy, Puerto Rico, and the United States.

 Many people therefore Participated in creative by highlighting Their talents: such as writing songs, puppets sewing, baking cakes, and Producing original artwork as Their 'poison' for Oscar.

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 La Respuesta and the Network would like to thank everyone for this amazing act of solidarity and faith, a small step on the long road to Oscar's freedom.