El Salvador
Arrest of leading Salvadoran human rights defender Ruth López sparks mass outrage Arrest of leading Salvadoran human rights defender Ruth López sparks mass outrage

The arrest came after Bukele proposed a Foreign Agents Law to tax NGOs operating in El Salvador.

CECOT- Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin” CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”

The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.

Wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US to face Trump admin indictment Outrage grows over mistaken deportation of Maryland resident to Salvadoran prison

US Supreme Court intervenes in favor of Trump administration, pausing an order to return Maryland father to US from El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison

Venezuelan families demand justice for their relatives deported to El Salvador

The Venezuelan government has initiated all possible steps (political and legal) to achieve the return of its citizens. A US judge claimed “Nazis got better treatment” than the Venezuelans accused of gang activity.

Migrants death US Death toll of migrant tragedy in Texas reaches 53

President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, which are largely the same as those of former President Donald Trump, have been pushing people to take increasingly dangerous routes to reach the US

US federal probe shows abuse, deaths in Indigenous boarding schools and other stories

Today we look at the US federal inquiry into Indigenous boarding schools, the murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and more

Crackdown in El Salvador, toxic contamination at US base in Seoul and other stories

Today we look at the state of emergency in El Salvador after a surge in killings, soil and water contamination at a US base in South Korea, and more

WHO members states agree to form global treaty on pandemic response and other stories

Today we look at the WHO session on a global pandemic treaty, an IACHR ruling on the death of an El Salvadoran woman who was jailed after a miscarriage, and more

Migrants in Mexico demand protections amid growing uncertainty in status

Thousands of Central American migrants, stranded in Mexico, demand that the authorities accelerate the process to regularize their immigration status so that they can legally reside, transit and work throughout the country.

Protests against violent crackdown on Palestinians in Israeli jails and other stories

Today we look at protests against the violence faced by Palestinians in Israeli jails, protests held at the South African border in solidarity with Swaziland, and more

Protests break out after femicide of Salvadoran migrant Victoria Salazar in Mexico

Several national and international feminist groups and human rights organizations have condemned Victoria Salazar’s murder as well as the racist, classist, misogynist and xenophobic discrimination that reigns in Mexico