US EditionEl Salvador's Bukele holding dozens of political prisoners: rights group
A human-rights group alleges political motives behind detentions, identifying dozens as political prisoners in El Salvador, highlighting ongoing concerns about government actions.
- A human rights group, Cristosal, claims that El Salvador's president Bukele is holding dozens of political prisoners, alleging serious human rights violations.
- The report by Cristosal states that at least 245 cases of political persecution have been documented, including those currently detained.
- Cristosal argues that the return of political prisoners represents a major setback for the country, noting such cases had not been seen since the 1980-1992 civil war.
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According to CNN en Español, the organization Cristosal denounced this Thursday, from exile in Guatemala City, that the State of El Salvador has persecuted and imprisoned at least 245 critical voices, including Ruth López, a human rights activist, detained since May 18, 2025 for embezzlement of public funds, a crime of which she has declared herself innocent.
Guatemala City, Guatemala .President Nayib Bukele has dozens of critics of his government as “political prisoners,” something that has not happened in El Salvador since the civil war that ended three decades ago and equates it with Venezuela and Nicaragua, denounced an oenegé this Thursday.Among the 86 people arrested is lawyer Ruth López, head of the anti-corruption unit of Cristosal, the recognized humanitarian organization that presented in G…
At least 245 people experienced some kind of political persecution in El Salvador between 2019 and 2025, according to a report by the humanitarian organization Cristosal.
The government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele keeps at least 86 political prisoners in prison, according to the report The price of dissent: Criminalization and political persecution in El Salvador 2019-2025, presented this Thursday by Cristosal, the country's main human rights organization. According to the document, that figure is only a part of at least 245 people persecuted in the president's six years of administration.
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