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El Salvador Anti-Corruption Lawyer Ruth López Transferred to Harsh Prison

EL SALVADOR, JUL 4 – Cristosal condemns Ruth López's transfer to a harsher prison despite health orders, amid concerns from UN experts and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Summary by The Tico Times
Human rights lawyer Ruth López, detained in El Salvador for alleged illicit enrichment, was moved to a harsher prison despite health issues. Cristosal, Amnesty International, and the UN call her case part of a wider crackdown on critics of President Bukele.

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06-07-25.-The Salvadoran humanitarian organization Cristosal denounced on Saturday that lawyer Ruth López, head of her anti-corruption unit and considered a "conscientious prisoner" by Amnesty International, was transferred "arbicontrast" to a prison with more severe conditions, despite the fact that she has a...

On Saturday, the humanitarian organization Cristosal indicated that there is a request for precautionary measures pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in favor of Ruth López, the anti-corruption lawyer and critic of the Nayib Bukele government, while denouncing her "irregular transfer" to a prison.The entry Treat to IACHR precautionary measures in favor of activist detained in El Salvador was first published in th…

The humanitarian organization Cristosal denounced this Saturday that Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of the anti-corruption unit of the NGO, was transferred “arbitrary” to the Izalco prison, a higher security prison located 70 km west of the capital. Cristosal indicated that the transfer took place despite a previous court order that established to keep López in the Terrestrial Transit delegation of the National Civil Police, due to his healt…

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lanoticiasv.com broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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