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Echo call for investigation and protective measures at Inter-American Human Rights Commission

For immediate release: May 21, 2024

85 organizations from sixteen countries spanning the Americas and Europe issued a statement today expressing concern about state surveillance, harassment and intimidation against human rights attorneys and advocates in El Salvador.

Big crowd marching with MOVIR and COFAPPES banners.

Salvadorans took to the streets Wednesday morning to mark May Day and call for a unified opposition to Nayib Bukele’s government, widely denounced for setting back the struggle for workers rights to conditions similar to those under pre-civil war military dictatorships.

Legislative Assembly members raise hands voting in favor of constitutional amendment

President Bukele’s party, Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas), radically upended Salvadoran constitutional law on Monday, April 29 to give themselves total license to approve and ratify constitutional amendments in the coming legislative period, a massive slate of which have been under discussion since 2020. Opposition political parties, civil society organizations, and the grassroots popular movement immediately denounced their approved “reform” for dismantling fundamental protections for citizen participation and limits on the consolidation of power enshrined in the constitution.

Dead fish pool up in contaminated Bravo River

The Land, Water, and Natural Resources Movement vows to fight recent ecological disasters.

Members of El Salvador's Water Forum protest a lack of access to water for rural commuities.

Salvadoran social movements mark International Water Day by highlighting issues with the country's 2021 Water Resources Law.

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"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City