Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos (U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee), expressed her concern on Monday over the detention of lawyer Ruth López – also a human rights defender and one of...
U.S. Congress members, senators, and organizations have spoken out following the detention of human rights defender and lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, who is also Cristosal’s head of anti-corruption. López, named by the BBC in 2024 to its list of the 100 most...
Washington D.C., May 19, 2025 The undersigned international organizations condemn the detention of human rights defender Ruth López. The National Police arrested her on May 18, 2025 at 11 pm. Alarmingly, Ms. López’s whereabouts are unknown. Authorities have denied her...
The organizations in the Basque Country that work in El Salvador have met and analyzed the situation, and we believe it is important to share the following information, in which we have tried to summarize what happened last week in the country, our concerns, and our...
El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, has broadened the focus of his authoritarian project and, in doing so, intensified his reaction to criticism. From an all-out war against gangs, the Central American country’s government has shifted to offering its...
El Salvador’s National Civil Police have arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a renowned human rights and anti-corruption attorney who has become one of the nation’s most prominent critics of President Nayib Bukele’s regime. According to representatives from Cristosal,...
