~~~~ This call for solidarity for the Salvadoran people comes from: The So. Cal. Emergency Committee on Human Rights in El Salvador This broad-based community committee is calling for a press conference to address the human rights crisis in El Salvador... PLEASE JOIN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AND BY YOUR PARTICIPATION INTENSIFY THE IMPACT OF THE EVENT!
~~~~ Press Conference on the steps of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. The conference will be at the south lawn, at First and Main.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The So. Cal. EMERGENCY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EL SALVADOR consists of religious, community and labor groups as well as solidarity organizations and the Salvadoran community. PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME OR YOUR GROUP'S NAME BY POSTING BACK TO CISPES, one of many organizations in the Committee or by calling 323-852-0721 and leaving the details of your endorsement. The issues: ==== death squad activity is reactivated and escalating in El Salvador. The elderly parents of a co-founder of Radio Venceremos were brutally tortured and murdered in their own home in Suchitoto July 1. The couple, ages 77 and 75, were targeted because of their family's long history of social justice struggles. Their son, Paco Cutumay, was assassinated in 1996. ==== Police opened fire on a student protest over raises in electricity and transportation costs on July 6, 2006 in what is being described as the most brutal repression of civilian populations since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992. There were reports that unknown persons, attempting to provoke an attack on the students, fired into the police squads, killing three and wounding others. Three student deaths have been reported as well as many serious injuries. ==== Government round-ups of youth, implementing the cover of focusing on "drug gangs and terrorists," has resulted in many arrests and confinement of young activists, fighting the neoliberal policies of the present ARENA government. ~~~~ Please sign on to the press conference demands by posting back to this e-mail. The demands will be: * Investigate the death squad murders of Francisco Antonio Manzanares and his wife Juana Monjaras de Manzanares in Suchitoto and bring their murderers to justice. * End the police repression of student protests and release all youth now detained as a result of the outrageous government repression of the demonstration at the National University. * End the indiscriminate repression of youth under the guise of anti-gang, anti-drug, anti-terrorist initiatives. Respect the rights of youth to protest government policies. * Reverse the large increases in electricity and transportation and other consumers items which make it impossible for Salvadoran families to survive. Thank you for your solidarity, So. Cal. EMERGENCY COMMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EL SALVAODR The Peace Center 8124 West 3rd Street No. 104 Los Angeles, California 90048 323-852-0721 CISPES Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador 8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048 323-852-0721 Founded: 1980 - 25 Years of Solidarity __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
