Comadres (CoMadres) is the committee of mothers and relatives of prisoners, the
disappeared
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organi ...
and the politically assassinated of
El Salvador. It was established in December, 1977, with the help of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and the Archbishop
Óscar Romero
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago ...
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[ to discover the truth behind the missing relatives of the membership. Among
their activities are the distribution of flyers to get out the message, and the occupation of government offices to elicit the help of foreign nations in pressuring the Salvadoran government.][ By 1993, there were an estimated 500 or more members.][ A leader of this organisation was María Teresa Tula.
The offices of the committee were subject to police raids by the government, and the members were allegedly subject to systematic rape in order to destroy the organization.][ A total of about 48 members were abducted by death squads and subject to torture and rape. Of these, five were assassinated.][
In 1984, Comadres received the ]Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
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Award
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for individuals or groups around the world who show courage and have made a significant contribution to human rights in their country.rock
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band U2 paid tribute to their cause, and a similar group in Nicaragua, by writing the song " Mothers of the Disappeared", which was released in 1987 on ''The Joshua Tree
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References
Enforced disappearance
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates
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