MEDIA AND PRESS ARTICLES FOR 28 SEPTEMBER 2020
… to an abortion”. RT Live, 28 Septiembre: Reivindican el derecho al aborto legal el Día Internacional del reclamo. Reporting the legal situation and what was happening on 28 September across …
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EL SALVADOR – Evelyn Hernández is definitively, finally acquitted
… other women are still in prison accused of abortion or homicide, however, which may also been miscarriages or stillbirths instead. The courts in El Salvador don’t seem to mind which …
2020 Activity Reports
… happen,” emphasising a woman’s decision whether to procreate and the elimination of initiatives at the local and federal level to penalise abortion. Eight women were detained by police, who are …
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION – Covid-19 pandemic cuts access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for women around the world
… has seen 334 mobile clinics close Arab World region has seen 56 static clinics close. Countries particularly affected by closures include Pakistan, El Salvador, Zambia, Sudan, Colombia, Malaysia, Uganda, Ghana, …
EL SALVADOR: CALL FOR FREEDOM
Mujeres sin garantíaspara luchar por el derecho a decidir sobre sus cuerpos (Women without guarantees fight for the right to decide overtheir bodies) El Salvador has repeatedly drawn worldwide attention …
ABORTION IN 2019: A ROUND-UP
… abortion. NorthMacedonia – passes new abortion law. El Salvador – Supreme Court quashes Evelyn’s 30-year sentence for miscarriage and later commutes the sentences of three more women, some of whom …
MEXICO – How to understand the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision about abortion based on health risks
… abortion ban in El Salvador).Videosonline Two other clerks of the Supreme Court of Mexico have published insights from other perspectives: – David García Sarubbi, The Fundamental Right to Health and …
Arte TV: Videos of events in France, Kenya, USA
… taken in settings where abortion is highly criminalised – Philippines, El Salvador, Poland, Egypt and Ireland –in Perpignan, France. SOURCE: Arte TV, Mobilisation mondiale pour le droit à l’avortement | …
EL SALVADOR – Abortion rights activists protest threatened new abortion trial for Evelyn outside Attorney General’s office
Abortion rights activists in El Salvador threw eggs filled with confetti and sprayed red paint outside the Attorney General’s office to protest his decision to call for a third trial …
EL SALVADOR – Attorney General announces appeal against acquittal of Evelyn: this is torture!
The Attorney General of El Salvador announced on 6 September 2019 that he will appeal the acquittal of Evelyn, who not even realising she was pregnant, delivered a stillborn baby …
EL SALVADOR – Evelyn is free! Acquitted of all charges by the appeal court on 19 August
… her supporters in El Salvador tweeted throughout the process, there was not a shred of evidence to show she had done anything wrong. The demand for a 40-year sentence was, …
EL SALVADOR: STOP PRESS – Evelyn: appeal court hearing 15 August 2019
… 17 writes: “We call on the Salvadoran population to add their voices on 15 August to the demand for freedom for Evelyn. And we call on the Attorney General @FGR_SV …
EL SALVADOR – El Salvador court set to hear the appeal of Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz
… pending the appeal. “What Evelyn is living is the nightmare of many women in El Salvador,” said one of her current lawyers, Elizabeth Deras. Paula Avila-Guillen, also a lawyer on …
EL SALVADOR – A new president but survivors of sexual violence are still forced to be mothers
In the end, says Canada’s CBC News, “Imelda Cortez’s story was too much even for El Salvador‘s famously harsh courts. It was making news around the world, and DNA had …
LATIN AMERICA – “Niñas no Madres”: litigation filed against Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua at UN Human Rights Committee
… current law establishing its legality. Abortion is completely illegal in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and Suriname. In Guatemala, abortion is only legal to avoid risk to a …