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April 17, 2020 News Release

El Salvador: President Defies Supreme Court

OAS Should Address Disregard for Rights Rulings, Constitution

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks to his supporters in San Salvador, El Salvador, on February 20, 2020.
April 15, 2020 News Release

El Salvador: Police Abuses in Covid-19 Response

Arbitrary Detention, Hazardous Conditions in Detention, Quarantine

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador.
April 11, 2020 Commentary

Justice for LGBT Salvadorans Requires Reckoning with Hate

No Hate Crime Conviction Despite Five Years of LGBT Murders Since Legislative Reform

A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were eventually deported.
March 11, 2020 Dispatches

Murder Trial for El Salvador Transgender Woman to Proceed

Deported from the US to Her Death

A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were eventually deported.
February 14, 2020 Commentary

President Bukele, Brute Force Is Not the Way Forward for El Salvador

The head of state’s actions threaten democracy in the Central American nation.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador.
February 10, 2020 Commentary

The US Deported Them, Ignoring Their Pleas. Then They Were Killed.

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February 5, 2020 News Release

US: Deported Salvadorans Abused, Killed

Stop Deporting Salvadorans Who Would Face Risks to Their Safety, Lives

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August 15, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submits Comment in Opposition to the Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Interim Final Rule

Immigrants attempt to enter the US between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso
August 2, 2019 News Release

US: Bill Would Shut Doors to Central Americans

Legislation Would Effectively End Asylum at Southern Border

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July 31, 2019 Dispatches

US Senate Bill Aims to Kill Access to Asylum for Central Americans

Proposed Secure and Protect Act Attempts to Block Asylum Claims

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May 31, 2019 News Release

El Salvador: Fix Flawed Transitional Justice Bill

Inter-American Court Orders Suspension of Legislative Process

Women carry a banner of photos of missing persons on a day dedicated to the children who went missing during El Salvador's armed conflict in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday March 29 , 2011.
January 16, 2019 Commentary

Central American Women Fleeing Domestic Violence Deserve Refugee Status

June 29, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on El Salvador

79th session, 2018

April 3, 2018 News Release

Abortion and Human Rights in El Salvador

El Salvador protest abortion laws
April 17, 2017 Dispatches

On Immigrant Policies, Unintended Consequences

Actually, US Exported the MS13 Gang to El Salvador

Members of the MS-13 gang are detained near the crime scene where two men, Jose Wilfredo Navidad and Nestor Alexander Rivera, were killed as they rode a motorcycle on their way to work, in San Salvador, El Salvador January 26, 2016.

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