The Twelfth Peace Court of San Salvador will hold the initial hearing this Wednesday against human rights defender and anti-corruption lawyer Ruth López. “They’ve requested a complete seal out of fear. What are they afraid of? Of having made a baseless accusation, of...
The Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR) urged El Salvador to refrain from arbitrary detentions and to comply with “international standards,” according to...
“I am a political prisoner. All the accusations are because of my legal work, because I exposed this government’s corruption,” anti-corruption lawyer Ruth López said Wednesday upon learning the decision from San Salvador’s Twelfth Peace Court,...
Her arrest marks one of the most notorious escalations of authoritarianism in the country in the last month, which included threats to journalists, arrests of public transport entrepreneurs, and arbitrary detentions of a lawyer and a campesino representative. “Today,...
On June 1, 2025, during what should have been a solemn session to report on his administration’s performance between 2024 and 2025, the unconstitutional president Nayib Bukele dedicated a significant portion of his speech to attacking the national and...
On the afternoon of June 4, the Twelfth Peace Court of San Salvador decided to order the pre-trial detention of renowned lawyer, human rights defender, and head of anti-corruption for Cristosal, Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro, who is accused of the alleged crime of...
