By EFE Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that authorities in El Salvador must “put an end” to the state of exception, an anti-gang measure that has been in effect for four years amid complaints of human rights violations and the approval of a large part...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2026 – The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern over reforms to the Juvenile Criminal Law in El Salvador that allow the imposition of life sentences on persons...
Of the total, 73.8% is debt accumulated prior to the reform passed by the Legislative Assembly in December 2022, and 26.2% is new debt acquired after the approval of the new Comprehensive Pension System Law that reformed the system. In one year, through February 2026,...
Maanvi Singh A group of 18 Venezuelan men whom the US expelled to a notorious Salvadorian mega-prison are demanding that Salvadorian authorities be held internationally accountable for human rights violations, detailing new allegations of torture, sexual assault and...
The organization stated that of the 500 cases addressed in the report, the Izalco prison accounts for a total of 210 deaths. “The Izalco prison is the largest torture center in El Salvador,” asserted Ingrid Escobar, a human rights defender and director of...
Carlos was arrested at seven months’ gestation. The baby finished developing inside his mother behind bars, after she was captured on October 12, 2022, on charges of illicit association in Cuscatlán, southeast of San Salvador. Her detention came seven months...
