Erick Zelaya, a union leader and labor rights defender, reported on the afternoon of this Saturday, April 11, that he fled the country due to “surveillance, harassment, and threats from El Salvador’s security forces.” “I’ve left El...
Actions against social organizations, journalists, and human rights defenders in El Salvador during 2025 were not isolated incidents but part of a sustained pattern of repression and control, according to a report on the state of civic space in the country. The...
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress, co-chaired by Democratic Congressman James McGovern, will hold a hearing on April 16, 2026, to hear from witnesses regarding El Salvador’s state of exception, which is now entering its fifth year. The...
The organization Legal Humanitarian Aid (SJH) and the private defense team for unionist César Edgardo Hernández, from San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlán, stated that they will file an appeal against the 30-year prison sentence he received on March 24 of this year, following...
Access to food in Salvadoran households will deteriorate, marked by lower availability of reserves and above-average prices, according to the latest update from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) for the March-to-September period. The report notes...
There was a time when public health was measured by its ability to anticipate pain. Today, however, it seems we have reduced it to the sad task of counting cases once the damage is done. The mistake wasn’t the arrival of measles; the real failure was waiting —...
