“The undersigned organizations express our deep alarm at the accelerated deterioration of press freedom in El Salvador, which has intensified significantly in recent weeks.
The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its Spanish acronym) has documented the forced displacement of at least 40 journalists because of a sustained pattern of harassment, intimidation, and arbitrary restrictions on journalistic work.
APES has raised concerns about the existence of watchlists and threats of arrest targeting journalists and human rights defenders. To date, the Salvadoran government has neither denied these allegations nor offered assurances that critical voices are not being criminalized — including those from the renowned outlet El Faro.”
