“Churches have huge opportunity and power to change the national narrative from ‘kill them all’ to ‘we need a peace process,’” said Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal.
Read More“We haven’t previously seen caravans as an organizational strategy to get to the U.S. and cross the border,” said Celia Medrano, chief program officer at Cristosal, a San Salvador-based organization that works with migrants. “This is going to be the new method of irregular immigration.”
Read MoreAfter one of Sara’s children received death threats, the entire family fled from the Department of San Salvador to a small town. There, they have tried to rebuild their lives, start a business, and live in peace. But things don’t seem so different, and they are starting to feel watched again.
Read MoreCristosal, in partnership with various civil society organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, presents its latest report.
Read MoreThe Madelein Lagadec Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CPDH) and Cristosal inform the national and international community, and the media of the judicial proceedings for the exhumation of the remains of the victims murdered in the El Calabozo Massacre.
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978 people were killed in December 1981 in the massacre of El Mozote and the surrounding areas. Of these people, 477 were under the age of 12 and 248 were under the age of 6.
Organization like Cristosal ask the IACHR to intervene, and request that the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America improve attention given to victims.
Read MoreU.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to cut aid to Honduras if it doesn’t stop a caravan of some 2,000 migrants
Read MoreAccording to Conadeh, 625 People are obligated to leave their homes, and another 764 are at risk of displacement.
Read MoreA caravan of around 1,300 Honduran migrants is currently making its way from Honduras to the US.
Read MoreCrises of violence, protection and governance grip the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA), casting tens of thousands of men, women and children into a potentially endless cycle of displacement and danger.
Read MoreSome 300,000 Salvadorans were displaced last year, and many remain on the run from gang violence. Elizabeth Ferris and Walter Kalin explain why a new draft law on internal displacement in El Salvador is a chance to help them and provide a model for other countries.
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Last Wednesday, before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, El Salvador reiterated the need for a law protecting victims of forced displacement.
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The plaque in front of the El Mozote memorial reads: “They did not die. They are with us, with you, and with all humanity.” As part of humanity, you and I have a choice. Will we let the victims of the El Mozote massacre lay forgotten in a remote corner of El Salvador? Will we let countless others, in El Salvador, in South Sudan, in Syria, join them? Or will we stand with witnesses like Dorila and demand change?
Read MoreIn a monumental ruling on July 13, El Salvador’s Supreme Court formally charged the administration of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, the Attorney General’s Office, and the National Civil Police with violating citizens’ Constitutional rights by failing to protect and assist victims of forced internal displacement caused by violence.
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Two recent reports, one from the UN and the other from Cristosal, re-emphasize the fact that violence is continuing to force young Salvadorans to flee their homes and their country.
Read MoreListen to this recent NPR interview with Obama-era secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, on immigration and Trump. Here’s the quick version:
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