Word: salvadoreans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...multi-party democracy" and that "there were signs of [human rights] improvement throughout the year." These statements are necessary in order to comply with the 1981 Act of Congress which stipulates the President must show that the government is bringing "an end to the indiscriminate torture and murder of Salvadorean Citizens." Thus, the Report states. "There was a significant decrease in political violence in 1982." This may be true, but political killings, torture and disappearances continued at high levels in 1982. Twenty-six members of ANDES, the national teachers union were abducted on August 20, and late tortured and imprisoned...
Current American policies will only prop up a right wing military that has prevented the Salvadorean people from determining their own future. Though the tragic situation in El Salvador will not necessarily be resolved solely by American action, we urge Americans to support the following steps...
...nearly impossible to obtain further details about the massacre report, to investigate the site and confirm the charges. The El Salvadorean government has prevented the Legal Aid Commission and other church groups from visiting the area. The regime justifies sealing off the region because it's dangerous to visit. A spokesman from the El Salvadorean embassy in Washington denied that the government had closed off the area because it had something to hide...
...region is also inaccessible to the press: few journalists are willing to risk their lives by crossing the military's road blockades. Harassment of reporters is so great that the Pan American Center called upon the El Salvadorean government to "end the persecution of foreign and local journalists and to secure the right to report...
...uncertainly about the March 27 killings will continue until someone other than the El Salvadorean government officials will be permitted to visit the caves. In the meantime, the State Department will continue to voice its skepticism, and people like Anne Nelson and Sister Jeanne Gallo will continue to talk about similar occurances they saw in Morazon six months ago. And the Legal Aid Commission will continue to conduct its clandestine investigations...