El Salvador - Solidarity with the activists imprisoned in Myanmar after protesting against mining.
Channel: Activista El Salvador
Date: 2013-11-29

Thursday 21st of November 2013 an outrageous act was committed against the freedom of expression of 6 activists that have been fighting a just cause for the liberation of Myanmar from the threat of mining that are already causing exploitation, extraction and the unsustainable land grabbing by putting economic interest above the rights of the people.

With an repressive attitude and with the intention to silence the messengers of liberation where harshly tried by the court system of Yangon, condemned to 1 month in prison and awaiting further sentences - with the unfair justification of speaking out in defense of the water, the land, the forest and the ecosystems that are being deteriorated and exterminated by the mining and other projects that are causing social inequality and environmental imbalance.

That's why, the youth of Activista El Salvador as a result of our generational commitment to the strengthening of peace and the fight against injustice and impunity, declare:

1. Our firm and energetic condemnation of these actions committed by the Myanmar government - by imprisoning the 6 activists that were defending the Human Rights and the environment by speaking up in solidarity with the the people of Myanmar that are clamoring for justice.

2. Our deepest concern for the wellbeing of the activists, for the latent risk and insecurity represented by the legal system of Myanmar - that are threatening the security that demands justice, truth and indemnification.

3. El Salvador are thousands of kilometers away from Myanmar, but still we are united by the same social struggles. The same history, where the rights of the people have been ignored, injustices have been committed and prevailed in the past, military governments have tried to silence the leaders that have risen from the communities to demand the fulfillment of their human -  civil, social and political rights. As Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Salvadorian martyr of the unprotected, once said: "Justice is like a snake, it bites only the barefooted."
Myanmar is a mirror of El Salvador, because the struggles against the mining is so valid and current that the repression is a way of trying to silence our voices demanding recognition, equality, equity and sustainability. We are united by the characteristics that makes us raise our voices to develop the opportunities of emerging into a state of environmental and social balance and with true autonomy of the people.

4. We demand the immediate freedom of our six brothers andactivists that are fighting to create democratic spaces  - based on the freedom of expression that is represented by these leaders of these resistance movements for life.

5. A clear and repeated call to all the social movements of the world, to not allow that these repressive, violent and undemocratic practices keeps hitting our people, that are conquering civil and political liberty through an energetic struggle. 

When the dictatorship is a fact, the revolution becomes a right.

Activista El Salvador, Central America.

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