Some citizens have reported difficulties accessing medication and pointed to alleged deficiencies in patient care within the country’s public hospitals. One such case involves a patient with Parkinson’s disease, who stated that he has not received his...
Amnesty International reiterated its concern on March 5 regarding “the abusive use of criminal law against human rights defenders and community leaders to criminalize the defense of human rights in El Salvador.” In an article published on the...
The deaths of four individuals in recent clashes with officers of the police (PNC) warrant public attention and an institutional response. In every instance, the official narrative claims the officers acted in self-defense while responding to domestic violence calls....
Journalist Carlos Dada has been forced to run El Faro from exile — El Salvador’s preeminent investigative newspaper and one of the world’s digital journalism pioneers when he co-founded it with fellow reporters in 1998. His experience of harassment at the...
In a series of interviews with Spanish media outlets, Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa stated that his government has never negotiated or struck deals with criminal organizations. In saying this, he was lying. He said that the decree declaring the state of...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed concern over the “elevated” number of deaths in custody in El Salvador and over “reports of hundreds of prison deaths” in Ecuador. In his address to the 61st session...
