El Salvador – Maria Teresa thanks supporters after release from jail
El Salvador – Maria Teresa thanks supporters after release from jail
By Guest Writer
May 27, 2016 at 2:54 PM
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—First portraits of Maria Teresa Rivera free. She spent 4 years in prison before a court dropped the charges against her on 20 May 2016. María Teresa was one of “Las 17? group of women in prison out of suspicion of having had an abortion.
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By Maria Teresa Rivera
On 20 May 2016, Maria Teresa Rivera was finally freed from prison in El Salvador after a judge dismissed the charges against her. In 2011, she had been given a 40-year sentence after suffering a miscarriage. Thousands of people across the world rallied to her cause. This is her thank you message to everyone.
I want to thank everyone who supported me and who never left me alone, everyone who believed in me and always said that I was innocent even though you did not know me. This was very special to me.
When I heard that I was free I felt very happy because I had not seen my son for a year and a half. That kept me in despair and anguish because I did not know how he was. When they told me I was free I did not have words, I felt happy because I was going to see my son – that was my wish – to be with him.
The first thing my son told me was that he loved me a lot. I told him I loved him too. When I saw him, I knew I was never going to be apart from him again. Thanks to God I am with him now.
More:
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/americas/el-salvador-maria-teresa-thanks-supporters-after-release-from-jail/