Category Archives: Human Rights

Madison Mayor Sends Letter to President of El Salvador – July 18, 2007

Madison Mayor Sends Letter of Concern to President of El Salvador over July 2nd Arrests July 18, 2007 Madison, WI – Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Dave Cieslewicz today sent a letter of concern to Salvadoran President Tony Saca and U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Charles Glazer as well as two other Salvadoran judicial officials. In the […]

Political Prisoners’ Letter From Jail – July 18, 2007

by Lorena Martinez, Rosita Valle, and Haydee Chicas   Hello friends, Greetings of solidarity for all of you from this new place of struggle, we hope we will not be here long, but are ready to continue struggling.  We want to tell you that we remember each one of you in the different moments in […]

Fast for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, CRIPDES Declaration – July 17, 2007

Fast for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners of El Salvador   CRIPDES and CORDES announce that starting Wednesday July 18th, the committee of family members of political prisoners of El Salvador, and members of the rural communities will begin fasting and prayer for the freedom of the people detained on the 2 of July […]

Sister Cities Statement on Political Prisoners of Suchitoto – July 14, 2007

Statement of the U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network regarding the arrest and imprisonment of four member of CRIPDES and nine community members in the Department of Cuscatlán on July 2, 2007 July 14, 2007 U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities represents twenty two communities and organizations in the United States which have sistering relationships […]

Human Rights Update: October, 2006

Agreement of Constitution for the Social Coordination for Human Rights The Salvadoran population in its majority is marginalized socially and economically; El Salvador’s economy is stalled and concentration of wealth is increasing, salaries are low and unemployment is rising, we lack our own currency and inflation is on a rampage and we have a very […]