More than two years ago, in May 2023, the organization Cristosal unveiled a report that sparked international condemnation over the grave human rights violations documented during the first year of the state of exception imposed by Nayib Bukele. In an exhaustive...
Cristosal, El Salvador’s foremost human rights organization, has halted its operations in the Central American nation and been compelled into exile amid unrelenting pressure from President Nayib Bukele’s administration. This was confirmed to EL PAÍS on Wednesday by...
The human rights organization Cristosal announced on the morning of Thursday, July 17, that it would cease operations in El Salvador, attributing the pressure to its work denouncing acts of corruption and supporting victims of the state of exception, among other...
The prominent Salvadoran human rights group Cristosal has closed its offices in El Salvador and its two dozen employees have departed for neighboring countries, amid threats and harassment by the police, according to the group’s director, Noah Bullock, who announced...
They have fled to Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica and Spain. Most left in a hurry with few possessions, unsure of when — or whether — they would be able to return home. As El Salvador cracks down on dissent, jailing critics of President Nayib Bukele, droves of human...
The Legislative Assembly approved the “Special Provisions for the Transfer by Operation of Law of a Parcel of Land Owned by the State of El Salvador under the Ministry of Finance to the International Center for Fairs and Conventions of El Salvador...
