The majority of cases concluded by the Institute for Access to Public Information (IAIP) during 2025 were closed without the IAIP commissioners examining the merits of the matter, declaring claims groundless or inadmissible, among other measures, according to an...
A request by nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress for Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push for the release of attorney and human rights defender Ruth López could increase political and diplomatic pressure on the Salvadoran government, said anthropologist...
The Medical Association of El Salvador (COLMEDES) and the “Dr. Salvador Allende” Health Movement ALAMES El Salvador — which brings together medical personnel working in the public sector — fear that a local measles outbreak could occur in the country,...
Before midnight on May 27, the machines entered El Espino. Diana, a resident of the estate, heard the noise from her house. There was no prior announcement or official government statement warning that the clearing would begin that day. Only the sound of engines...
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the U.S. government to intercede for the “immediate” release of Salvadoran attorney Ruth López, detained a year ago after denouncing human rights violations and alleged corruption by Nayib Bukele’s...
One year after the arrest of constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya, the Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons of El Salvador (COFAPPES) held a mass for his release and reiterated the call for his case to be resolved with judicial...
