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Since May, there has been an alarming trend of social movement leaders being arbitrarily arrested in the context of the nationwide State of Exception.

Freedom for Violeta, Erlinda and other Political Prisoners of El Salvador!

On April 27, a group of progressive Members of Congress called for withholding all military and security aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala in light of “human rights violations” resulting from “state violence.”

Minister of Labor accuses unions and popular movement leaders convening Sunday’s marches of being “collaborators, financiers of the criminal gangs of El Salvador”

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Widespread Arbitrary Arrests and Violations of Due Process In El Salvador Raise Concerns About Human Rights and Ongoing U.S. Security Cooperation

Over 65 U.S.-based groups release joint statement expressing “profound concern” about the Bukele administration’s State of Exception

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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