Case No 2418 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 30-APR-05

The Union of Doctors and Workers of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS) supported by the Public Services International (PSI)

Allegations

The complainant organization alleges that the trade union adviser of SIMETRISSS, Mr. Enrique Banchón Rivera, was unlawfully and violently expelled from the country on 28 April 2005, by virtue of a resolution from the Ministry of the Interior referring to political actions he had supposedly committed (which the complainant organization denies); according to the complainant organization, this adviser’s expulsion is linked to a labour dispute that occurred in October 2002 at the Salvadoran Social Security Institute, and the expulsion proceedings failed to respect due process (flaws in the due process, insufficient grounds, lack of proof, etc.). In addition, the complainant organization points out that Mr. Banchón Rivera was expelled violently and received blows

Case No 2418 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 30-APR-05

The Union of Doctors and Workers of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS) supported by the Public Services International (PSI)

Allegations

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