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To: American Spirit who wrote (26842)	7/7/2005 12:30:08 PM
From: techguerrilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360941

Quite a list ... eom

To: American Spirit who wrote (26842)	7/7/2005 12:31:46 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 360941

Salvadoran Riot Police Attack Student Protestors, Seriously Injuring and Detaining High School Students Tell Congress: Salvadoran Government Continues Violating Human Rights on Eve of CAFTA Vote! Riot police attacked a student protest in San Salvador yesterday, seriously injuring four students and detaining five. The high school students had shut down the streets in front of the University of El Salvador (UES) in a peaceful protest against the recent increase in bus fare in El Salvador. When the police attacked, the students took refuge inside the gates of the University, but the riot police followed them, setting off bombs of tear gas and opening fire on the students with what they claim were "safe" bullets. Rafael Lopez Portillo is currently hospitalized with serious head wounds, while Izai Arevalo Flores has doctors working to repair his crushed chin. Two other high school students also remain hospitalized. Iris Claribel Navas, a university student, and 4 other students from San Salvador¹s public high schools Juan Alexander Escobar Vasquez, Gustavo Peñate, Walter Ernesto Quintero, and Walter Armando Lemus have been detained. The Human Rights Ombudswoman blamed the government for the attack and for causing the protests. The refusal of the government to respond to the proposal of the transportation sector to subsidize the rising cost of diesel has pitted bus riders against small-business bus owners. Both the Ombudswoman and the President of the University, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, denounced the attack. Rodriguez reported that more than 50 passers by were wounded in the police attack. "If attacks like this continue, nobody is safe. The police have captured high school girls and boys, and they won¹t even tell us where they¹ve taken them. This is a barbarity," said Rodriguez. This is the first time since the end of the civil war in 1992 that police have entered and attacked the National University. Student organizations are calling for international solidarity to denounce the attack and pressure the government for the immediate release of the detained students. Send faxes to Rene Figueroa, the head of the government ministry that oversees and gives the orders for police repression. TAKE ACTION! 1. Fax or email Minister of the Interior René Figueroa to denounce the attacks by the Salvadoran riot police and demand immediate release of the captured students. (see below for sample letter) Interior Minister René Figueroa: Fax - 011.503.2281.5959 or email - marina.orellana@gobernacion.gob.sv 2. Call your Congressional Representative at 866-3409281 (toll free) and report to them about the continued violations of human rights in El Salvador. Ask that they make public their vote against the DR-CAFTA agreement, and that they relate their opposition to the repression of workers and students in Central America.