In a quiet church courtyard in El Rosario, El Salvador, 16-year-old Sarita sits beside her grandmother. From her neck hangs a medallion, its golden face flashing against the starchy white fabric of her school uniform. “It’s a chain of Saint Benedict,” she says. “I...
Nayib Bukele’s government has renewed its controversial state of exception 48 times, with the promise not to stop until the last gang member in El Salvador is captured. However, official data reveal a significant gap: although intelligence reports identified...
The credentials of Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López are beyond question. As head of the Anticorruption and Justice Unit at Cristosal, an organization now operating from exile, she uncovered more than 50 corruption cases linked to President Nayib...
In summary: The Legislative Assembly fast-tracked a constitutional reform to allow life imprisonment. Under amendments to the Penal Code, cases involving gang negotiators are considered aggravated offenses. At least two Bukele administration officials have been...
By EFE Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that authorities in El Salvador must “put an end” to the state of exception, an anti-gang measure that has been in effect for four years amid complaints of human rights violations and the approval of a large part...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2026 – The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern over reforms to the Juvenile Criminal Law in El Salvador that allow the imposition of life sentences on persons...
