Mary Lawlor, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, denounced on Tuesday that El Salvador’s criminal justice system is being used to “silence” activists and lamented that a court refused to grant conditional release to...
A Salvadoran police officer has confessed to participating in at least 97 murders between 2015 and 2020 as a member of a death squad dedicated to executing alleged gang members, according to the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro. The victims include minors, business...
The Heinrich Böll Foundation announced on Monday the relocation of its headquarters from El Salvador to Guatemala, explaining that the decision stems from “the increasingly restrictive context for freedom of thought in El Salvador.” “This decision...
In August, the Salvadoran National Assembly approved a series of constitutional reforms extending president Nayib Bukele’s term from five to six years and allowing for indefinite reelection. In response, the U.S. State Department issued a statement rejecting...
Attorney Alejandro Henríquez and Pastor José Ángel Pérez must remain in pretrial detention after a judge on October 29 denied their request for conditional release, a decision their defense team and civil society organizations describe as baseless, as they presented...
A Salvadoran court on Wednesday ruled to keep an environmental lawyer and a community leader imprisoned, defying calls for their release from the UN and NGOs. The two were arrested in May for protesting near the home of President Nayib Bukele. Attorney Alejandro...
