The mother of a human rights lawyer arrested in El Salvador says she was able to see and speak with her daughter more than 24 hours after her arrest and declared her daughter’s innocence in what ...

Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent attorney critical of President Nayib Bukele, in a move criticized by ...

(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human ...

Ruth López was detained Sunday in what rights groups say represents a ‘dangerous escalation’ in President Nayib Bukele’s ...

The corruption charges against Salvadoran rights activist Ruth López, a leading critic of President Nayib Bukele, are ...

Amnesty International and other advocacy groups have called for the immediate release of Ruth López, whose whereabouts are ...

Ruth Eleonora López has defended Venezuelan immigrants deported to El Salvador by US President Trump’s administration.

Human rights groups have called for the immediate release of Ruth López, whose whereabouts are unknown since her arrest by police in El Salvador late Sunday.

Rights groups said the arrest reflected a trend of growing authoritarianism under President Bukele, a Trump ally.

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 ...

Police in El Salvador have arrested Ruth López, a prominent human rights defender who headed the anti-corruption unit at the rights group Cristosal. Also, Ontario approves billions of dollars for ...

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief ...