Several human rights organizations, including the Movement & Regime Victims (MOVIR) and the Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners (COFAPPES), have raised concerns about the persecution of human rights defenders in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception. On May 21, 2024, over 80 organizations from 16 countries across the Americas and Europe, backed by more than 50 international organizations, issued statements condemning state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation against human rights attorneys and advocates. These groups have urged the United States, a major contributor of military aid to El Salvador, to halt security assistance in response to the government's actions. The statements come as Bukele prepares for an unconstitutional second term, with leading human rights groups denouncing the systematic violation of human rights under his administration's security policy. The call for justice also highlights the need for transitional justice.
⚠️ Leading human rights groups in #ElSalvador released a statement today, on the eve of Bukele's unconstitutional second term, denouncing "the continued systematic violation of human rights in the implementation of the Bukele administration's security policy" https://t.co/TanfrH2irW
📢 #PressRelease | 80+ international groups "urge the United States, the top international contributor of military aid to #ElSalvador, to halt security assistance in light of the government’s targeting of human rights defenders & the erosion of democracy." https://t.co/0ieFfHs4xi
#ComunicadoDePrensa Pronunciamiento de @TutelaLegalMJH y @MOVIRSV ante la continua violación sistemática a los derechos humanos en la ejecución de la política de seguridad del gobierno de Nayib Bukele #RégimendeExcepción #JusticiaTransicional https://t.co/oSpHWzVm7x
📢 WOLA joins 80+ organizations from 16 countries from the Americas & Europe in a statement expressing concern about state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation against human rights attorneys and advocates in #ElSalvador. Read below 🔻🔻🔻 https://t.co/W3b2CItFZ5
📢 WOLA joins 80+ organizations from 16 countries from the Americas & Europe in a statement expressing concern about state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation against human rights attorneys and advocates in #ElSalvador 🔻🔻🔻 https://t.co/W3b2CIudOD
📢 #PressRelease | CISPES joins 80+ organizations from 16 countries spanning the Americas & Europe in a statement today expressing concern about state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation against human rights attorneys and advocates in #ElSalvador. https://t.co/jldKRdzcxt
#ElSalvador | The Movement & Regime Victims (MOVIR), Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners (@cofappes), and others spoke out today about the persecution of human rights defenders under the Bukele regime's indefinite state of exception https://t.co/fieRA6uiYs
#MOVIR junto a otras organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos con el respaldo de mas de 50 organizaciones internacionales denunciaron hoy martes 21 de mayo 2024 la persecución a defensores/as de derechos humanos en #ElSalvador por parte del régimen de excepción https://t.co/Bt6qTGKfuO