Category Archives: Human Rights

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Santa Marta 5 are home – but not acquitted

(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Teodoro Antonio Pacheco, and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega are known as the Santa Marta 5. They are community leaders and water defenders. The Santa Marta 5 were arrested on January 11, 2023 under suspicious charges and were held in pre-trial detention until September […]

Testimony: Torture in Prisons Under the State of Exception

(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The State of Exception has been in place since March of 2022 and removes due process and other rights. The Salvadoran news organization El Faro shares Alexander Eduvay Guzmán Molina’s experience of being detained at the start of the State of Exception. Like many people who have been detained under the policy, Alexander […]

Carta de representantes para el Secretario de Estado Antony Blinken

(IN ENGLISH HERE)   Los representantes Mark Pocan y Jim McGovern, junto a otros 15 representantes demócratas, enviaron una carta al secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, pidiéndole que intervenga para la liberación de los defensores de Santa Marta, arrestados en enero de este año. La carta dice lo siguiente:   Estimado Secretario Blinken, Escribimos para […]

Take Action to Oppose Elliot Abrams’ Nomination / Tome medidas para oponerse a la nominación de Elliot Abrams

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In early July, US President Joe Biden nominated Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Take action to stop the appointment of Abrams to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Diplomacy cannot include enabling and covering up war crimes! Abrams has “enjoyed” a career as […]

Bukele: commemorating 4 years in office with 3 announcements

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) June 1st marked the fourth year of Nayib Bukele’s presidency in El Salvador.  In the framework of the fourth year report of his presidency, presented to the legislative assembly, government cabinet, a good group of youtubers and content creators, Bukele began his speech by alluding to the issue of security – the […]

Sarah Bruhn: reflection after visiting Las Flores / reflexión después de visitar SJLF

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Beauty and Connection in Times of Struggle   At dawn, I tiptoed out of the room I shared with a fellow educator and three vivacious high school girls, all of us from the Boston area, all of us grateful for the chance to be in solidarity with the community of San […]

CRIPDES CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ATTACKS

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) CRIPDES has released the following statement to call on the international community, social movement and friends to be alert of possible attacks after police officers searched one of its offices in Aguilares on March 30th.

Relatives of imprisoned people in El Salvador demand their release

The relatives of innocent people arrested during the State of exception have organized under the name MOVIR, “Movement of Victims of the Salvadoran Regime”. On march 28th, they decided to march towards the Legislative Assembly and present the following statement. The thousands of Salvadoran families affected by the State of Exception express: 1- The application […]

U.S. stance on mass incarceration of innocents in El Salvador

  #RégimenDeExcepción | 66 víctimas de personas capturadas de las comunidades del Bajo Lempa, con apoyo de @Cristosal, han denunciado al Estado salvadoreño ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) por violación sistemática de sus derechos humanos en el régimen. pic.twitter.com/gz7BB4mNdJ — Revista GatoEncerrado (@GatoEncerradoSV) March 10, 2023 On March 6th, the U.S. government […]

Update in the Santa Marta case

It’s been almost two months since the community organizers from ADES and Santa Marta (Cabañas) were arrested. The Attorney General has requested that the access to all the information regarding this case is restricted.   DIARIO CO-LATINO reports: The defense of the organizers asked the Criminal Chamber of Cojutepeque to reverse the disputed decision of […]