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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
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color:red;font-weight:bold'>Action Alert<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><font size=2
color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>August 18, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=5 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Take
action against violence toward community leaders in Cabañas!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
font-style:italic'>Demand a thorough investigation of assassination,
attacks, death threats against journalists and activists tied to
anti-mining struggle</span></font></i></b><i><font size=5 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>The last two months have
been marked by a series of violent acts – including an assassination,
attempted assassinations, and numerous death threats – against community
leaders in the Salvadoran department of Cabañas, where citizens are
organizing to stop gold mining operations that threaten grave environmental
and public health repercussions. Despite the overtly political overtones of
this wave of violence, local police authorities and the Attorney General's
office have classified these cases as common crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Join the international
response to this repression of organizers in Cabañas TODAY. Call on the
Salvadoran authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation of these
crimes and their motives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font><font
size=2 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>TAKE ACTION: </span></font></u></b><b><u><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
font-weight:bold'>E-mail the following Salvadoran authorities!</span></font></u></b><b><u><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
font-style:italic'>***sample e-mail text at the end of this alert***<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>Attorney
General's office:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:astor.escalante@fgr.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>astor.escalante@fgr.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:fatima.guardado@fgr.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>fatima.guardado@fgr.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
face=Times><span style='font-family:Times'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:radelgado@fgr.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>radelgado@fgr.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><u><font
color="#0053ab" face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica;
color:#0053AB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:Elopez@fgr.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>Elopez@fgr.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=black face=Times><span style='font-family:Times;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:alberto.uribe@fgr.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>alberto.uribe@fgr.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>National Civilian
Police:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:violetapolanco@pnc.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>violetapolanco@pnc.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:angel.manzano@pnc.gob.sv"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>angel.manzano@pnc.gob.sv</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>-----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>The following instances of
violence have occurred in the last two months:</span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>July 2:</span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> The body of Marcelo
Rivera, community leader from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Isidro</st1:place></st1:City>, Cabañas, who had disappeared on June 18,
is found in a well, exhibiting clear signs of torture. Marcelo was an
environmental activist, opposing mining in the region and denouncing
electoral fraud in the municipality in January 2009. While four gang
members are considered suspects in the crime, there has been no
investigation into the killing's intellectual authors. To learn more watch
the video "</span></font><a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sxP61iODVgK9gn5MHO1sWq4K08z8eag%2B"><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>The mysterious murder of
Marcelo Rivera.</span></font></a><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>July 27: </span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Three journalists from
Radio <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>,
which had been reporting on Marcelo's case, receive intensifying death threats,
telling them that they will "end up like Marcelo." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>July 28:</span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> Father Luis
Quintanilla, a priest who works with the community of <st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Marta</st1:City> and advocates for human rights in the region, is attacked
after speaking on Radio <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>,
but narrowly escapes a kidnapping and assassination attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>July 29:</span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> A number of community
leaders in Cabañas receive death threats, including the director of the
Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>August 7:</span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> Ramiro Rivera, another
community leader who has actively participated in the anti-mining movement,
is shot 8 times. Ramiro survives but is in serious condition. </span></font><a
href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2049/1/"><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>This article has more
information.</span></font></a><b><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>August:</span></font></b><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> Staff members of Radio <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State> continue to
receive death threats throughout the month.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>SAMPLE
E-MAIL (English translation below):<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Estimadas
Autoridades:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Como miembro de
la comunidad internacional, quiero expresar mi profunda preocupación por
los recientes hechos de violencia contra líderes sociales en Cabañas: El
secuestro y brutal asesinato del activista Gustavo Marcelo Rivera; las
amenazas de muerte a periodistas de Radio Victoria, al director de la
Asociación de Desarrollo Económico y Social Santa Marta (ADES) y a varios
líderes comunitarios de Cabañas; el sabotaje al sistema electrónico de
Radio Victoria; y los intentos de asesinato de los líderes comunitarios,
Padre Luis Quintanilla y Ramiro Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Considero que
existen suficientes evidencias para presumir que el asesinato de Marcelo
Rivera y los demás crímenes están relacionados y forman parte de una
campaña para intimidar a las organizaciones sociales en Cabañas. Es
preocupante que la Fiscalía esté adjudicando a priori estos crímenes
a la violencia común, ignorando las evidencias y antecedentes presentados
que indican la naturaleza política de los eventos.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Por lo tanto como
miembro de la comunidad internacional, hago un llamado para que la Fiscalía
General de la República realice una investigación imparcial, exhaustiva y
efectiva de todos estos casos, para dar con los autores intelectuales y
materiales de estos crímenes y garantizar así la protección de los líderes
sociales en la región. De quedar estos eventos en la impunidad, se estaría
generando un clima de temor e incertidumbre para los demás líderes
comunitarios, contrarrestando así los avances logrados en el proceso de
democratización del país.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Agradezco de
antemano sus gestiones para agilizar las investigaciones y espero que
pronto se haga justicia en estos casos y se brinde protección a las
víctimas y reparación a los familiares de Marcelo.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:italic'>[Tu nombre
/ Your name]<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>___________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>Translation
of Email:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>As a member of the
international community, I want to express my profound concern about the
violence and threats toward community leaders in Cabañas: The kidnapping
and brutal assassination of the activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera; the death
threats against journalists at Radio Victoria, the director of the
Association for Social and Economic Development (ADES) and other community
leaders in Cabañas; the sabotage of the broadcasting equipment at Radio
Victoria; and the recent assassination attempt against the community
leaders Father Luis Quintanilla and Ramiro Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>I believe there is
sufficient evidence to assume that Marcelo Rivera's murder and the other
crimes are linked and part of a campaign to intimidate community
organizations in Cabañas. It is alarming that the Attorney General Office
is attributing these crimes to common violence, ignoring the evidence and
antecedents that indicate the political nature of these events. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Therefore as a member of the
international community, I call on the Attorney General Office to carry out
impartial, exhaustive and effective investigations of all of these crimes
in order to bring to justice the intellectual and material authors of these
crimes and guarantee the protection of other community leaders in the region.
Leaving these crimes in a state of impunity creates a climate of fear and
uncertainty for the rest of the community leaders, undermining the advances
in the democratic process in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>I thank you in advance for
your efforts to speed up the investigations and I hope that there will soon
be justice in these cases and that the victims' lives will be protected and
Marcelo's family will be compensated for their loss.</span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
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href="http://www.share-elsalvador.org/"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>SHARE Foundation</span></font></a><i><font
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href="http://www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org/"><font face=Helvetica><span
style='font-family:Helvetica'>U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities</span></font></a><i><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica;font-style:italic'> for
content of this alert and leadership on this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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