El Salvador's Top Human Rights Group Flees President Bukele's Ongoing Crackdown on Dissent

Top human rights group leaves El Salvador after threats made by country’s government

Cristosal says decision to leave country and relocate employees comes after organisation was targeted by President Nayib BukeleEl Salvador’s top human rights organisation, Cristosal, announced on Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.The organisation has been one of the most visible critics of Bukele, documenting abuses in the strongman’s war on the country…

El Salvador's top human rights group flees President Bukele's ongoing crackdown on dissent

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El Salvador's top human rights group flees President Bukele's ongoing crackdown on dissent

El Salvador’s top human rights organization, Cristosal, says it is leaving the country after harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele

Human Rights Defenders Are Fleeing El Salvador as Bukele Cracks Down

In early June, a career journalist in El Salvador received a call from a government source. Their name was on a list of more than a dozen individuals the administration of President Nayib Bukele planned to have arrested. “I left the country the next morning,” they tell Rolling Stone. “I didn’t know that at the same time, others were getting the same warning — colleagues and other people in civil society.”  “As an investigative journalist, I as…

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.