MITF - El Salvador


	Tensions over El Salvador "terror law" (Video) A new "anti-terror" law in El Salvador, modeled on similar legislation in the US, has come under renewed criticism from rights groups who say it is vague and unduly harsh. Teresa Bo, Al Jazeera's South America correspondent, reports on the divisions in a country that is still recovering from a civil war that ended over a decade ago. August 31, 2007
	FREE SIGEESAL TRADE UNIONISTS! DEFEND THE RIGHTS TO UNIONIZE, PROTEST, AND HEALTH CARE STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY IN EL SALVADOR. On Tuesday, September 4^th, 2007, in the cities of Ahuchapan and Santa Ana, 8 trade union members from the board of directors of SIGEESAL (Association of Workers in Health Care of El Salvador), were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a charge which carried up to 10 years in prison, as a result of a protest carried out on July 6th. Between 6 and 7 a.m. on September 4th special groups of the Civilian National Police carried out an operation where the trade unionists were captured in their homes and their work places - national hospitals and public health clinics. Details: Click here. More information: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

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