More than one hundred civil society organizations from the Americas and Europe express our deep concern and outrage over the arrest of Ruth López, a Salvadoran lawyer and head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption Unit. On the night of Sunday, May 18, agents of the...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s onslaught against dissenting voices in El Salvador has reached a point of no return. This Tuesday, the Legislative Assembly, under the president’s absolute control, approved the Foreign Agents Law, which will allow him...
Nuevas Ideas and its allies in the Legislative Assembly approved the president’s Foreign Agents Law initiative on Tuesday afternoon through a fast-track procedure. President Nayib Bukele announced the law, which establishes a 30% tax on donations received by...
The arrest and transfer procedure for human rights defender Ruth Eleonora López, director of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit, revives a pattern from El Salvador’s civil war, according to Abraham Ábrego, a lawyer and Director of Strategic...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), along with other humanitarian organizations, issued a statement on Monday regarding the arrest of Ruth Eleonora López, head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit. The commission stated its concern...
For Cristosal Executive Director Noah Bullock, the arrest of Ruth Eleonora López seeks to sow fear throughout the social movement in El Salvador. He also indicated that this adds to a series of repressive acts recently directed at those who defend truth, justice, and...
