Under the state of exception implemented in El Salvador since March 2022 by the government of President Nayib Bukele, with the backing of a Congress dominated by the ruling Nuevas Ideas (NI) party, human rights violations have allegedly been committed that...
El Salvador ranked among the three countries with the worst results for press and expression freedom in the Americas, ahead of only Nicaragua and Venezuela, with the use of judicial persecution and direct attacks against journalists to “silence critical...
Organizations presented a report on the situation of justice operators. During the 195th period of hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), held in Guatemala, various organizations presented a report on Monday regarding the “Situation...
A report concludes that there is a reasonable basis to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in El Salvador under the state of exception. José Antonio Guevara, one of the international experts who took part in the investigation, explains the...
The MDCT stated that at least 44,000 workers have been laid off, noting that health and education suffered the greatest impact. Organizations grouped under the Movement for the Defense of Working-Class Rights (MDCT) said Monday, March 9, that the education and health...
Priests Wálter Osmir Vásquez, José Cecilio Pérez, and Ricardo Cortez were murdered between 2018 and 2020 in El Salvador. The Archbishop of San Salvador said their cases “have not been solved.” The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, lamented...
