POLITICAL VERDICT, PARTIAL VICTORY CRIPDES and CORDES inform you: Thursday the 19th of July around 8:30 pm, the Special Penal Tribune announced, through representation by the Judges Gloria de la Paz Lizama and Sandra Chicas, a verdict that does not leave any doubt about the political decisions of the ARENA government in the treatment […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Press Release: Recently Acquitted Political Prisoner Assassinated. June 10, 2008. Salvadoran and International Groups Call for Investigation into Escalating Political Killings in El Salvador Public Statement re: Political Assassinations in El Salvador. June 2, 2008. Statement with more than 200 signers, denouncing killing of Hector Ventura and other politically motivated killings in El […]
CRIPDES LEADERS STILL BEING HELD IN JAIL, DETAILS ON REPRESSION OF SUCHITOTO PROTEST We want to share more information on the violent and arbitrary arrest and detention of CRIPDES leaders travelling to a demonstration this morning, and details of repression against protesters in the municipality of Suchitoto. The CRIPDES leaders arrested were taken […]