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 ...

El Salvador's Congress passed a law on Tuesday that levies a 30% tax on transactions from foreign donors to local ...

El Salvador has arrested an anticorruption lawyer from one of the country’s premier human rights organizations, alleging that she participated in the embezzlement of funds when she held a government p ...

Six international humanitarian organizations denounced on May 19, the arrest of Ruth Lopez, a prominent human rights defender ...

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

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 ...

"Ruth López collaborated in the theft of funds from state coffers," the Attorney General's Office said in its post on X.

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 ...

Police showed up at the door of Ruth López, a prominent human rights defender, late Sunday night and placed her under arrest. López headed the anti-corruption unit at the Salvadoran human rights group ...

In April, Cristosal reported that police had entered its offices during a news conference to film and photograph journalists and staff members – part of what observers say is a broader campaign of ...

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 group have condemned the move and have expressed concern that the attorney's whereabouts are still not known.