Juan Pappier, Deputy Director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), lamented the statements made by State representatives at the recent public hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where they accused civil organizations of...
The Government of Nayib Bukele once again denied, despite evidence gathered by human rights organizations, that violent deaths of people in its custody and the use of torture in Salvadoran prisons—overcrowded under the state of exception in place in the country since...
The presidential commissioner for human rights and freedom of expression, Andrés Guzmán Caballero, confirmed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR (CIDH), that as of June 25, 2024, there were a total of 107,997 people deprived of their liberty in the...
Russia’s influence in Central America is increasingly noticeable, and Nicaragua is no longer the only gateway for this country into the region. A recent publication by official media reported that among the 755 police officers graduated from the Moscow...
At least four children have died and another 176 have been orphaned due to the repressive measures against gangs implemented by the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. These are some of the main findings of the most recent report prepared by Cristosal,...
A new investigation by Cristosal, a human rights advocacy organization, reveals that women detained during the state of exception were victims of rape and sexual abuse in prisons, despite being in the custody of the state. The aggressors, according to cases documented...
