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Tens of thousands locked up in "punitive" state-run quarantine centres across Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay - new reportState-run quarantine centres, often insanitary and inhumane, used to punish those who broke national lockdowns
Press release 17 Sep 2020 -
El Salvador: Deployment of security forces in parliament raises alarm over future of human rights‘The Salvadoran people do not deserve to relive years of tragedy and state abuses’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas
Press release 10 Feb 2020 -
Alejandra is free!Trans rights activist Alejandra was held in a US immigration detention centre after fleeing for her life from El Salvador. She's now free!
12 Sep 2019 -
El Salvador: Prosecutors must not criminalise Evelyn Hernández'This appeal is yet another example of the discriminatory disposition of prosecutors in El Salvador' - Astrid Valencia
Press release 06 Sep 2019 -
El Salvador: Acquittal of Evelyn Hernández is a victory for human rightsAn appeals court in El Salvador today acquitted Evelyn Hernández of charges of aggravated homicide.
Press release 20 Aug 2019 -
El Salvador: Woman jailed in stillbirth case released after 10 years in prisonTeodora Vásquez has been freed today after a decade behind bars.
Press release 15 Feb 2018 -
El Salvador: Failure to release woman jailed for miscarriage 'outrageous' injustice'Teodora’s tragic story is a sad illustration of everything that is wrong with the justice system in El Salvador, where human rights seem to be a foreign concept'
Press release 14 Dec 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Four families in USA ordered released from detention
On 17 August, four-year-old Carlos and 16-year-old Michael along with their mothers, Lorena and Maribel (all names changed to protect their identities), were ordered released from Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania by an immigration judge…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Woman convicted under unfair anti-abortion law in El Salvador
While Salvadoran legislators have, for months, been postponing the debate on the Criminal Code reform that would decriminalize abortion, another rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for having suffered pregnancy-related…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Urge legislators to decriminalise abortion in El SalvadorSalvadorian legislators will soon debate a proposed change to the Criminal Code that, if passed, would end the total criminalization of abortion in the country. It is the first time in almost 20 years that there is a real opportunity to change this law.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Salvadoran asylum seeker released in USASalvadoran woman Sara Beltran Hernandez has been granted bond and released from detention. She had been held in a Texas detention centre for 15 months, despite having a claim to asylum and being in urgent need of medical attention.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Appeal against Maria Teresa's release in El Salvador
El Salvador’s Attorney General filed an appeal to the judge’s ruling that set María Teresa Rivera free.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: María Teresa’s release at risk in El Salvador
María Teresa Rivera, a Salvadoran woman recently released after four years in prison for pregnancy-related charges, risks being sent back to trial if the Attorney General decides to appeal the judge’s ruling that just set her free.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Sexual and reproductive health across Latin America - Lottery style approach puts thousands at riskPress release 03 Mar 2016
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Guadalupe is free, after being jailed for a miscarriageIn El Salvador, abortion is a crime. If you’re poor and have a miscarriage, you may be accused of having an abortion and jailed. Guadalupe was 18 years old when she was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having a miscarriage. Seven years later, she was…
22 Jan 2015 -
Jailed for a miscarriage - our urgent action to free GuadalupeBlog post 21 Jan 2015
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'I am trying to make a change for the future': El Salvador's youth activistsBlog post 29 Oct 2014
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UK urges El Salvador to change 'draconian' abortion lawsPress release 28 Oct 2014
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El Salvador: A thank you from BeatrizBlog post 10 Jul 2013
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Beatriz is safe at last
22-year-old Beatriz has recieved medical treatment and is recovering in hospital, thanks to the thousands of you that took action.
Blog post 07 Jun 2013
