Freedom of Expression in El Salvador
Subtitle: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780786418251
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; Political Science; Latin America - Central America; Politics/International Relations; Central America - History; Political And Civil Rights; Political participation; Politics / Current Events; Political Ideologies - Democracy; El Salvador; Ethnic Studies - General; General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Democracy; Political culture; Politics - Current Events; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; 1992-
Description: "Both academics and diplomats frequently cite postwar El Salvador as an example of successful conflict resolution and democratization. Salvadoran human rights advocates have continually and publicly expressed their support of key provisions in the 1992 peace accords. This freedom of expression contributed to the punishment of those responsible for the murders of opposition leader Francisco Velis and medical students Adriano Vilanova. Human rights advocates have been less successful in other areas, however, including their opposition to amnesty laws for wartime human rights violators and their work against vigilante death squads." "This study covers the 1992 peace accords, which include the removal of human rights abusers from the military, the creation of a truth commission and the demilitarization of public security. It also discusses the troubling indications that the government is once again reducing the space available for freedom of expression, including the undermining of the Office of the Human Rights Counsel, the hostile attitude of President Francisco Flores, and evidence of internal espionage. Later chapters focus on police reform. The book concludes by presenting some suggestions for increasing freedom of expression in transitional societies such as El Salvador."--BOOK JACKET.