The persecution of communities defending their land and water— and particularly of leaders of organizations that represent them and attorneys who accompany them— continues to intensify in El Salvador. On June 23, Carlos Flores, representative of El Salvador’s Water Forum (Foro del Agua), denounced that he and other spokespersons for the Water Forum and other environmental groups like REVERDES and ECOS El Salvador as well as leaders of the El Bosque cooperative are experiencing repeated police and military harassment.

New law grants broad powers to government to curtail operations of nonprofits as part of escalating wave of repression

Family members, human rights defenders call for release to house arrest in light of life-threatening medical conditions

On May 30 and 31, 2024, police in El Salvador arrested ten members of the National Alliance for a Peaceful El Salvador (Alianza Nacional El Salvador en Paz), a coalition of former FMLN revolutionary fighters and former military soldiers that came together in 2021 to protest threats to democracy and human rights under the government of Nayib Bukele.

Bukele regime accelerates crackdown on dissent

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