Evelyn Hernández was acquitted of charges for aggravated homicide in August, after suffering an obstetric emergency in which she lost her pregnancy in 2016. She is now at risk of further criminalization by El Salvador’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has appealed the court’s ruling. Please take immediate action calling upon the Attorney General to drop the appeal.
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Dr. Raúl Ernesto Melara Morán
Fiscalía General de la República (FGR)
Edificio Farmavida, Calle Cortéz Blanco Poniente No. 20,
Urb. Madre Selva 3, Antiguo Cuscatlán,
San Salvador, El Salvador
Email: [email protected]
Charges d’Affaires Werner Romero
Embassy of El Salvador
1400 16th Street NW Suite 100, Washington DC 20036
Phone: 202 595 7500
Email: [email protected]
Contact Form: https://bit.ly/2staFYG
Salutation: Dear Mr. Romero
Dear Attorney General,
I am writing to express my outrage at the decision by your office to appeal the court ruling that absolved Evelyn Hernández of charges for aggravated homicide.
Evelyn suffered an obstetric emergency in 2016, which led to the loss of her pregnancy. She was unjustly jailed over this event, and courts found her innocent in August 2019.
I call upon you to immediately drop the appeal against the court’s verdict and ensure that neither Evelyn nor any other woman in El Salvador be put on trial for pregnancy-related complications.
Yours sincerely,
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