CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

The persecution of communities defending their land and water— and particularly of leaders of organizations that represent them and attorneys who accompany them— continues to intensify in El Salvador. On June 23, Carlos Flores, representative of El Salvador’s Water Forum (Foro del Agua), denounced that he and other spokespersons for the Water Forum and other environmental groups like REVERDES and ECOS El Salvador as well as leaders of the El Bosque cooperative are experiencing repeated police and military harassment.