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With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
Al Jazeera English29d
El Salvador arrests prominent human rights lawyer who defends deportees
A prominent human rights lawyer known for defending immigrants deported amid United States President Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies has been arrested in El Salvador.
Human Rights Watch27d
El Salvador: Prominent Human Rights Defender Arrested
(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., Salvadoran police ...
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)4d
EL SALVADOR: New Foreign Agents Law Threatens Rights and Freedoms of Civil Society Organizations and the Media
In the context of serious human rights setbacks, the weakening of the rule of law, and the dismantling of institutional ...
InSight Crime27d
El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics, suggesting policies once used to attack organized ...
Rolling Stone29d
El Salvador Arrests and Disappears Prominent Human Rights Attorney
El Salvador’s National Civil Police have arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a renowned human rights and anti-corruption attorney who has become one of the nation’s most prominent critics of ...
IFEX22d
El Salvador: RSF on high alert as state persecution of journalists intensifies
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 22 May 2025. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the serious deterioration of press freedom in El Salvador, which ...
The New York Times4d
El Salvador
By Alan Feuer The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge ...
Al Jazeera English25d
Why is El Salvador’s President Bukele targeting foreign-funded nonprofits?
Human rights groups, politicians and experts have sharply criticised a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress as a censorship tool, designed to silence and criminalise dissent by nongovernmental ...
El Diario de Hoy29d
El Salvador escala una grada más en el régimen autoritario
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El Diario de Hoy27d
El Salvador se asemeja a Nicaragua con Ley de Agentes Extranjeros, advierten expertos
El Salvador🇸🇻| La Asamblea Legislativa acaba de aprobar la Ley de Agentes Extranjeros dirigida a impedir el trabajo de la sociedad civil y medios independientes. Con esta ley, el país da un ...
Infobae19d
Negocio de muebles en Villa El Salvador fue incendiado por extorsionadores: familia de comerciantes sufre su tercer atentado
Un dúo de extorsionadores incendió un negocio familiar dedicado a la fabricación y comercialización de muebles en Villa El Salvador. Este hecho representa el tercer atentado que sufre la ...