~~~~ Please join the Salvadoran community, and their solidarity folks, for a press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. on the south steps of City Hall near Main and First Streets..major press conference denouncing the escalating human rights violations and murders in El Salvador...
"So. Cal. Emergency Committee on Human Rights in El Salvador" Press Conference Emergency in El Salvador: Rebirth of the Death Squads For immediate Release, Contacts: English, Don White (323)556-1932 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spanish, Mario Cuéllar (323)839-2455 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Salvadoran and Angelino Communities will hold a press conference to denounce Human Rights Violations in El Salvador -- Emergency Response to Crisis Where? South Stairs outside of Los Angeles City Hall at Main and First Streets When? Tuesday July 18, 2006 Time? 11:30 a.m. Human rights violations during the civil war in El Salvador forced more than two million people to leave the country. More than a million Salvadorans have made Los Angeles their home and are integrated in the daily life of this great city. We are extremely concerned about the rebirth of the Death Squads and the levels of crime and violence that prevail in El Salvador, making this country the most violent country in the Americas. Crime is directly linked to government economic and social policies which leave most Salvadorans unable to feed their families and survive. Just the first semester of 2006 saw 1,830 homicides. Most Salvadorans left El Salvador because of the Death Squad operations during the civil war in the 80s. The escalating death squad attacks was reflected in a dramatic way July 2: Two weeks ago, on July 2, 2006, the Death Squads tortured and killed Francisco and Juana Manzanares, in Suchitoto, Cuscatlan. They were the parents of Maria Manzanares, the famous feminine voice of Radio "Venceremos" the official guerilla radio during the civil war. Among other human rights violations, two students and two police officers were killed during a student protest in San Salvador on July 5, 2006. More than 30 students and 10 police officers were injured during this protest, including a professor who was in a staff meeting inside the National University when a bullet hit him. The National University was entered in a clear violation of its autonomy. The peace accords that ended the civil war are in danger. As a community who already lived a civil war, Death Squads, repression and countless Human Right violations, we demand that the Salvadoran government stop the rebirth of the Death Squads and we demand the participation of the United Nations in a solution for El Salvador. We will call for a full investigation of the July 5 attack on a peaceful student demonstration so those who intentionall provoked government violence can be brought to justice. Southern California Emergency Comittee For Human Rights in El Salvador Fr. Scott Santarosa, S.J. Dolores Mission --Bus Riders' Union/Strategy Center --Homies Unidos-- ----International Action Center [IAC] ----Unitarian Congregation Oscar Romero ---former State Sen. Tom Hayden ---Comunidades Salvadorenas Por La Democracia Participativa ---Cynthia Anderson Barker, National Lawyers Guild* --- Mindanao Caucus of the Filipino Community--- David Campbell, Steelworkers Union* --TASSC International ---CISPES --- Veterans For Peace --- Blase and Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas [OOA]--- Coalition LA -- Rev. Paul Sawyer, Unitarian-Universalist Church* -- Don White, United Teachers/Los Angeles [UTLA]* --- Casa El Salvador -- Rev. David Farley, pastor, Echo Park United Methodist Church* --- Circulos Para El Cambio en El Salvador -- Sister Patricia Krommer, Catholic Church* -- Circulo Bolibariano, "Ezekiel Zamora" -- Stop Impunity Project - News of Manzanares killing <http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/352/1/> <http://www.cispes.org/> CISPES Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador 8124 West 3rd Street L.A. 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