The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern on Tuesday regarding the six-month extension of the investigative phase in the proceedings against Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, which had been set to conclude on...
On Friday, Cristosal rejected the court ruling extending the preventive detention of the institution’s Head of Anti-Corruption, Ruth Eleonora López, issued earlier this month by the Fourth Investigating Court of San Salvador. The organization asserted that the...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said in a federal court filing Friday evening that she was the one who decided Venezuelan detainees aboard two airplanes bound for El Salvador in March would be handed over to that country despite a judge’s order temporarily...
The Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS) stands at a pivotal crossroads. In recent days, the government has unveiled a wave of changes: new digital applications such as DoctorSV, internal structural adjustments, and pledges of modernization that emphasize...
The organization Amnesty International (AI) has expressed concern regarding the conduct of the head of the Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, PDDH), Raquel Caballero, in the case of activist and lawyer Ruth...
Madam Ombudsman, On behalf of Amnesty International, we write to you regarding the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro to express our concern regarding the situation she faces and, in particular, the conduct of the Office of the...
