The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, called for the release of Fidel Zavala, spokesperson for the Unit for the Defense of Human and Community Rights (Unidehc), after he was sent this week to La Esperanza...
Lawyer and human rights defender Jayme Magaña denounced the alleged existence of clandestine graves at the Izalco prison, where fetuses from incarcerated women who suffered miscarriages have reportedly been buried. The denunciation was made during the launch of the...
In a world with an excess of information, differentiating reality from propaganda is becoming increasingly complicated. There are rulers who have taken advantage of the situation to flood networks and media with their own version of “reality.” Rulers have learned that...
Even before President Donald Trump took office, university presidents expressed concern about the impact of his agenda on higher education. Now they must lead their institutions in the wake of executive orders and directives that appear to undermine their authority...
On March 27, 2022, on the heels of a weekend marked by dozens of gang-related murders, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and his legislature plunged the country into a régimen de excepción — a state of exception — and declared war against the gangs. The state of...
A Venezuelan with a disability was expelled from the United States and sent to El Salvador, where he will remain detained in the CECOT, along with 16 other migrants, without being guaranteed due process or the right to a defense. According to journalist Madeleine...
