Six years ago, in 2019, I participated as a speaker at the closing event of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) in Guatemala City. That gathering was at once a celebration and a farewell: it acknowledged the achievements in the fight...
Carlos Flores of the Water Forum (Foro del Agua) denounces severe irregularities in the judicial process confronting Alejandro Henríquez and José Ángel Pérez, two defenders of land and water arrested on May 12 during a peaceful protest by the El Bosque cooperative....
Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of...
UN experts warned on Wednesday that El Salvador is misusing Interpol law enforcement mechanisms to further its political agenda by issuing red notices against two Salvadoran human rights defenders in exile. The experts say that the charges and red notices against...
Accused of embezzlement or misappropriation of state funds, human rights defense attorney Ruth López was arrested on the night of May 18 under circumstances her husband, Louis Benavides, describes as unusual. Shortly after the detention, the Office of the Attorney...
The Hidden Toll Independent databases, assembled from family reports and forensic analyses, expose a landscape of systemic abuses and glaring opacity. Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid): Has documented more than 430 deaths under state custody and...
