Human Rights Watch welcomes El Salvador’s acceptance of 152 recommendations received during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). However, we regret El Salvador’s decision to reject key recommendations ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama —El Salvador has lost one more human rights group. The country's most prominent human rights group, Cristosal, announced on Thursday that it's being forced to shut down its ...

After 25 years, Cristosal halts operations and evacuates staff Organizations that receive international support face new restrictions More than 85,000 arrested over three years in Bukele's state of ...

A prominent human rights group critical of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has suspended operations in the country, citing the government’s harassment, repression and persecution of human rights ...

In early June, a career journalist in El Salvador received a call from a government source. Their name was on a list of more than a dozen individuals the administration of President Nayib Bukele ...