Press releases from El Salvador
In 2022, we registered 768 attacks against women defenders and organizations that defend the right to a life free from violence in Mesoamerica
To mark November 25, we offer information regarding the violence faced by women who defend women’s right to a life free from violence.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Mothers and families seeking information about persons detained under state of exception face precarious conditions, stigmatization, and security risks.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Inclusion of “digital undercover agent” provision in Code of Criminal Procedure entails grave threat to women human rights defenders
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Specialized Unit for Crimes of Corruption of the Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador raids offices of 7 organizations, including several women’s and feminist organizations.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Approval of “Foreign Agents Law” would pose a serious threat to human rights organizations in the country
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We denounce the alarming deterioration of human rights in El Salvador.
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Unraveling the crisis - weaving futures
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Commission of Justice and Human Rights of Legislative Assembly “files away” bill for recognition and holistic protection of human rights defenders.
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Civil society organizations in the region reject the capture of the Constitutional Court and the Attorney General's Office in El Salvador and warn that the principle of separation of powers in the country is being affected.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / After a blow against democratic institutionality in El Salvador, we send out a call for the protection of women defenders and journalists.
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[PRESS RELEASE] There is no gender equality without protection for women defenders.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / In the electoral context of February 28th, the Salvadoran government must guarantee the right to freely and safely inform and defend human rights and must abstain from any expression whatsoever of hate and violence against women defenders and journalists.
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[STATEMENT] National, regional, and international human rights and feminist organizations call for solidarity with our allies from the Uganda Women's Network, "UWONET," and the Uganda National NGO Forum makes an urgent call to stop criminalizing and stigmatizing their work.
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People’s Assembly of Cuisnahuat attains halt in construction of shopping center
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / Mayor of Cuisnahuat relies on National Civil Police to threaten leaders of People’s Assembly
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / National Civil Police attack defender of People’s Assembly of Cuisnahuat
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[WHRD Alert SV] Violation of workers’ rights and obstruction of defense of rights of women of Florenzi Trade Union.
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[Urgent Alert] EL SALVADOR / National Police and special agents forcibly evict Cuisnahuat park and destroy infrastructure
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[CAMPAIGN] “Their Lives are Our Lives”
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The crisis was already here: Mesoamerican WHRDs and COVID-19
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#UrgentAlert EL SALVADOR / Salvadoran authorities obstruct rights of journalists and women defenders to inform and defend during Covid-19 emergency situation.
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[PRESS RELEASE] Attacks against women defenders on the rise: another Mesoamerican epidemic
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#WHRDAlert EL SALVADOR / No more trans genocide! No more hate crimes against LGBTI+ people!
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UGANDA / Brutal attack against Mollie Siperia, student leader at Makerere University
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Concerns raised over Esraa Abdel Fattah’s state of health during prison hunger strike
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Stop the extermination of WHRDs and leaders in Colombia!
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Stop militarization and the repression of social protests in Chile!
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Stop the abduction and human right violations of Women Defenders in Egypt
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[STATEMENT] ¡Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders say NO to the attack against the Kurdish community!
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PARAGUAY / ANTI-RIGHTS GROUPS ATTACK MARCH HELD BY #LGBTI COLLECTIVES
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SOLIDARITY WITH FEMINISTS CRIMINALIZED for Anarchist Sisterhood’s Sacred Defiant Cunt and Burial of Socio-Labour Rights Procession in Spanish State
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We congratulate Nansen Refugee Award Winner Bianka Rodríguez
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#WHRDAlert EL SALVADOR / PROSECUTION APPEALS ACQUITTAL IN EVELYN HERNÁNDEZ CASE
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Evelyn is free!
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We congratulate the FAU on its tenth anniversary
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#UrgentAlert EL SALVADOR / New government’s blaming of journalists foments cyber-bullying
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#WHRDAlert COLOMBIA / Assailants kill María del Pilar Hurtado, defender of the right to decent housing
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Stop the criminalization of WHRDs working with migrant people!
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ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF COLOMBIAN DEFENDER FRANCIA MÁRQUEZ, GOLDMAN PRIZE WINNER 2018
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Stand in solidaity with Nana Mwafrika Mbarikiwa, Ugandan #WHRD
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Fifth National Women Defenders Encounter Held in El Salvador
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NASRIN SOTOUDEH: We demand her release!
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We lament the death of WHRD Caroline Mwatha in Kenya, caused by structural violence against women
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WE CELEBRATE IMELDA’S FREEDOM!
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EL SALVADOR / March in repudiation of murder of Dina Puente, defender from Jujutla Ahuachapan
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IM-Defensoras participates in high-level events in New York on 20th anniversary of UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
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International Feminist Solidarity Day with Nicaragua
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FREE THE DEFENDERS OF WOMEN’S RIGHT TO DRIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA!
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Gender Identity Bill presented in El Salvador
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VIDEO / IM-DEFENSORAS CONDEMNS EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION OF MARIELLE FRANCO IN BRASIL
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Philippines government criminalizes UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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#WHRDAlert BRAZIL / Assailants kill Marielle Franco, feminist and defender of the rights of Afrodescendant peoples
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UN Rapporteur Michel Forst meets with Salvadoran defenders
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16 Days Campaign 2017 / IM-Defensoras calls for holistic feminist protection as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
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Roundtable on Right to Defend Human Rights presents bill for defender protection with comprehensive, gender-based perspective
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#WHRDAlert CATALONIA / Repression of the right to self-determination of the Catalan people
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We thank organizations that made possible "Regional Gathering of Defenders of Land..."
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Regional Gathering of Defenders of Land, Territory and Environment
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Declaration of organizations participating in the Latin American Gathering of Defenders and Authorities of the Original Peoples and Territories of Latin America
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Women defender networks meet at UN for first time to denounce violence and discrimination against women activists throughout the world
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NEWS / NETWORKS OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE PLANET GO TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES ABOUT PROTECTION WITH A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
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GOOD NEWS! / IACHR ACCEPTS CASE OF MANUELA, the Salvadoran woman imprisoned for having a miscarriage
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SORORITY / #LawPassed #ElSalvadorFreeOfMetalMining
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SISTERHOOD / #WHRDAlert COLOMBIA: At least six women defenders have been killed in the last four months
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Berta didn’t die, she multiplied...
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NEWS / Meeting of IM-Defensoras Driving Group
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#WHRDAlert ECUADOR / Stop the repression against territorial defenders in Ecuador – Solidarity with Ecological Action
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Marta Sánchez Soler and Morena Herrera #WHRDs #WomenWhoInspireUs
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Invitation to virtual dialogue “Self-Care, a Political Strategy in Defense of Human Rights”
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IM-Defensoras In the Campaign for 16 Days of Activism to End Violence against Women 2016
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We stand in solidarity with Peruvian defender Máxima Acuña, victim of a new attack
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SEPTEMBER 28th– INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION
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NEWS / IM-Defensoras at AWID FORUM 2016, Brasil
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OPEN LETTER / JUSTICE, a demand still alive six months after Berta Cáceres’ murder
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NEWS / IM-Defensoras present in the AWID Forum 2016 in Brazil
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NEWS / IM-DEFENSORAS and national groups tell UN Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders about attacks and impunity faced by women defenders in Mesoamerica
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EL SALVADOR / SONIA SÁNCHEZ – Territorial defender
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IM-Defensoras at Regional Dialogue on "An Interchange of Good Practices: New challenges for the erradication of violence agaist women”
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UN Women and IM-Defensoras publish Spanish language edition of UN General Assembly Resolution on Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders and Individual Women’s Rights Defenders
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#URGENTAlert EL SALVADOR / Surveillance and intimidation against Bertha de León and Pedro José Cruz
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN MESOAMERICA 2012-2014 REPORT
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PAVING THE ROAD FOR FREEDOM & EQUALITY
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN MESOAMERICA 2012 ASSESSMENT REPORT - SUMMARY FINDINGS
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