Shut Down CECOT Mega Prison in El Salvador
Shut Down CECOT Mega Prison in El Salvador
The Issue
Believe what your eyes are seeing and the gut reaction that you have --- that it is wrong. Do not allow government actors to normalize this cruelty to human beings.
*Note: Updated news articles below petition.
The CECOT* super max mega prison in El Salvador is perpetuating dehumanizing conditions and violating fundamental human rights. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowded spaces and various forms of inhumane treatment (24/7 lights on, same meal every day, pit toilets). These dehumanizing conditions rise to the level of offenses under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). This critical situation calls for immediate, comprehensive intervention by the international community as a whole.
We must condemn this dehumanization. We must uphold the intrinsic dignity of all individuals. Many of the people detained have never been convicted of any crime!
Please sign this petition to demand the shutdown of CECOT prison in El Salvador.
The recent (March 16 2025) illegal and unconstitutional deportation of over 230 Venezuelan people, some of whom are not convicted of any crime --- by the United States has brought the plight of all people being detained in the CECOT prison to light. Be a voice for humanity and oppose this prison.
*Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT)
Sources:
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/deportation-alleged-gang-members-el-salvador?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other (March 16, 2025)
NPR: White House deports hundreds of alleged gang members to El Salvador https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54154/alien-enemies-el-salvador-trump (March 16, 2025)
Updated Articles and More Sources:
NPR:
Court rules mistakenly deported man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, must be brought back to USA from CECOT, 4th District Court upholds ruling. US Government appeals to the Supreme Court. "Deadline looms in case of Maryland man's wrongful deportation to El Salvador" (April 7, 2025) https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354921/deportation-el-salvador-albrego-garcia-supreme-court-dhs-ice-trump-administration
NPR "Legal Scholar sees immigrant arrests as "a struggle for the soul of the country" (April 2, 2025) https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348083/legal-scholar-sees-immigrant-arrests-as-a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-country
1,579
The Issue
Believe what your eyes are seeing and the gut reaction that you have --- that it is wrong. Do not allow government actors to normalize this cruelty to human beings.
*Note: Updated news articles below petition.
The CECOT* super max mega prison in El Salvador is perpetuating dehumanizing conditions and violating fundamental human rights. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowded spaces and various forms of inhumane treatment (24/7 lights on, same meal every day, pit toilets). These dehumanizing conditions rise to the level of offenses under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). This critical situation calls for immediate, comprehensive intervention by the international community as a whole.
We must condemn this dehumanization. We must uphold the intrinsic dignity of all individuals. Many of the people detained have never been convicted of any crime!
Please sign this petition to demand the shutdown of CECOT prison in El Salvador.
The recent (March 16 2025) illegal and unconstitutional deportation of over 230 Venezuelan people, some of whom are not convicted of any crime --- by the United States has brought the plight of all people being detained in the CECOT prison to light. Be a voice for humanity and oppose this prison.
*Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT)
Sources:
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/deportation-alleged-gang-members-el-salvador?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other (March 16, 2025)
NPR: White House deports hundreds of alleged gang members to El Salvador https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54154/alien-enemies-el-salvador-trump (March 16, 2025)
Updated Articles and More Sources:
NPR:
Court rules mistakenly deported man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, must be brought back to USA from CECOT, 4th District Court upholds ruling. US Government appeals to the Supreme Court. "Deadline looms in case of Maryland man's wrongful deportation to El Salvador" (April 7, 2025) https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354921/deportation-el-salvador-albrego-garcia-supreme-court-dhs-ice-trump-administration
NPR "Legal Scholar sees immigrant arrests as "a struggle for the soul of the country" (April 2, 2025) https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348083/legal-scholar-sees-immigrant-arrests-as-a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-country
1,579
The Decision Makers
Supporter Voices
Share this petition
Petition created on March 17, 2025