The state of emergency by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which aims to eradicate crime in the country, is actually undermining human rights, declares Noah Bullock, president of the NGO Cristosal. The NGO Cristosal published a report on Tuesday, November 28, 2023,...
A report prepared by the NGO Cristosal reveals that 71 organizations working in the defense of human rights in 11 departments of the country have suffered “systematic” attacks against their collectives and individuals since 2019, when Bukele came to power....
Johana, a 24-year-old woman, was released from prison on November 22, after 309 days completely disconnected from her family and the outside world. The release came four weeks after InSight Crime published an investigation demonstrating that neither she nor her family...
Cristosal presented the first phase of the report “Civil Society on Alert: Research on Affections to the Right of Organization,” in which 71 organizations, associations, networks, and civil society collectives participated, revealing patterns of harassment...
Friends: It’s the same story again. Another 13-year-old girl, this time in Bosques del Río in Soyapango, was raped by a soldier, this time from the Parachute Battalion, assigned to secure this neighborhood. Again, the soldier’s comrades didn’t...
Nayib Bukele’s government is voracious in terms of spending: although this year it did not have to pay capital and interest on the pension debt of about $500 million, it has had to go into debt to function. Something that has been even easier since a majority of...
