Archive: Press Releases
Comunidad internacional condena fallo en contra de los Defensores del Agua de Santa Marta y ADES emitido el 10 de abril en una corte de El Salvador
En audiencia preliminar, el juez confirmó los cargos de asesinato y asociaciónes ilícitas y desestimó un tercer cargo de privación de libertad.
International Community Condemns April 10 Ruling in El Salvador’s Court on the Santa Marta Five Water Defenders
In a preliminary court hearing, the presiding Judge upheld politically-motivated charges of murder and illicit association and dismissed a third charge of kidnapping against the prominent anti-mining movement leaders.
NEW: In 2023, the average American’s income taxes funded $5,109 for militarism and its support systems
The average taxpayer subsidized $1,748 toward Pentagon contractors.
“Donor Revolt for Charity Reform” Campaign Highlights Strong Demand for Changes to Philanthropy Rules
A new report also reveals who has spent millions lobbying against charity reform.
Nine Prominent International Organizations Call on Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against Five Water Defenders
One year after their arrest on politically motivated charges, five prominent Salvadoran water defenders are scheduled to stand trial starting on April 3.
Nueve destacadas organizaciones internacionales piden al fiscal general salvadoreño que retire todos los cargos contra cinco defensores del agua
Un año después de su detención por cargos con motivos políticos, cinco destacados defensores del agua van a ser juzgados a partir del 3 de abril.
New Report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Institute for Policy Studies Reveals 35 Big Corporations That Paid Their Top Executives More Than They Paid in Federal Taxes
Those firms not only paid less to the federal government than their top bosses between 2018-22— they paid less than nothing to Uncle Sam, instead receiving almost $2 billion in cumulative refunds.
245 organizaciones líderes de 31 países entregan la petición pidiendo al Fiscal General de la República de El Salvador que retire los cargos contra cinco destacados defensores del agua salvadoreños
Su detención indica tanto una ofensiva contra la sociedad civil bajo el presidente Nayib Bukele como una señal de que el Gobierno del presidente Bukele podría intentar reanudar las operaciones de minería de metálica.
245 Leading Organizations from 31 Countries Deliver Petition Calling on the Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against 5 Prominent Salvadoran Water Defenders
The water defenders’ arrest signals both a crackdown on civil society under President Nayib Bukele and a signal that Bukele may seek to resume metal mining operations.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Experts Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo on Taylor Swift’s Private Jet Travel Habits and the Cost of Private Jet Travel to Taxpayers and the Planet
“Taylor Swift’s potential flight from Tokyo to Las Vegas just to attend the Super Bowl is the best argument for a tax on private jet travel.”
New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration
The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.
Nuevo Informe de Organizaciones Líderes en Investigación y de la Sociedad Civil Revela Nueva Información sobre los Arrestos de Defensores del Agua y el Estado de los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, bajo la Administración de Bukele
El nuevo informe pone de relieve el alcance de los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos bajo el gobierno de Bukele, así como pruebas de que su gobierno pretende reabrir la minería.
Letter Signed by 185 Academics and Lawyers Calls on Attorney General of El Salvador to Drop Charges against Water Defenders, Respect Human Rights
185 academics and lawyers and 13 legal and related organizations from 21 countries send Open Letter to the Attorney General of El Salvador requesting that the case against five Salvadoran Water Defenders be dropped, and that the Attorney General respect and enforce the human rights of all Salvadorans.
185 académicos y abogados y 13 organizaciones legales de 26 países envían una carta abierta al Fiscal General de la Republic de El Salvador solicitando que se abandone el caso contra cinco lideres comunitarios de Santa Marta y ADES, y que el Fiscal General respete y haga respetar los derechos humanos de todo el pueblo salvadoreño
La carta solicita “que la Fiscalía abandone inmediatamente el caso en contra de los Defensores del Agua salvadoreños”.
New Report from the Institute for Policy Studies Reveals the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy
The new analysis details how the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence, while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill.