Salvadoran magazine GatoEncerrado reported in a statement posted to the social network X that police officers went to the home of the mother of one of its editors after the publication of an article alleging the existence of a group of hitmen inside the National Civil Police. According to the magazine, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, […]
Since El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in March 2022, local journalists and human rights organizations have raised concerns that Bukele has repeatedly renewed the state of emergency in a bid to systemically silence dissent and dismantle press freedom. The Salvadoran Journalists Association (APES) documented 311 attacks –including harassment, doxxing, threats, […]
“The Salvadoran Association of Journalists, or APES for its initials in Spanish, expresses its concern and demands that the government be held accountable for the revelations made in a news investigation, which finds that high-ranking state officials had agreed to establish a center to spy on journalists. The surveillance specifically targets Jorge Beltrán Luna from […]
“In seeking to convey and expose the difficulties and problems facing community journalism in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, various social organizations from affected countries and the region requested to have a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in November of this year. The requesting entities, including the World Association of […]
"Since Friday, July 19, over a dozen major U.S. technology companies and press organizations filed amicus curiae briefs in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to voice support for 18 current and former members of El Faro currently appealing the March dismissal of their lawsuit against the Israel-based company NSO Group, developer and vendor of […]
“Two journalists from the Salvadoran digital media outlet El Faro were detained at the facilities of the University of El Salvador (UES) in San Salvador. The detention occurred when Brenda Morales, who identified herself as a government worker, without showing any accreditation, asked the journalists to delete the photographs they had taken and in which […]
"The Salvadoran Journalists' Association (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) expresses its deep concern about the restrictions imposed on the Salvadoran press for journalistic coverage of the official event on June 1, where Nayib Bukele will consummate his unconstitutional re-election. The journalist accreditation process has been slow, opaque and, in many cases, communication professionals have […]
“Given the deep democratic closure that prevails in El Salvador, the digital environment has become an indispensable channel to exercise freedom of expression, freedom of the press and the defense of human rights. From Derechos Digitales we have documented on several occasions the situations of censorship, violations of the right of access to information, and […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (Apes, for its acronym in Spanish) recorded at least 319 attacks against the press in the last general elections, the majority during the presidential votes, according to a report presented this Tuesday [March 5] by representatives of the entity. Data from the Apes Electoral Monitoring Center indicate that […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) denounces the progression -- despite the legal barriers that protect journalism -- of the judicial process filed by businessman Yakov Fauster against media outlet El Diario de Hoy (EDH) and against journalist Jorge Beltrán Luna. This is a case that began in […]
The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) reported 173 aggressions against members of the press during the presidential and legislative elections of Sunday, Feb. 4 in that country. According to a statement published by the association on social media on Monday, most of these incidents occurred before the opening […]
“[On Jan. 24], the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) presented its report on gender-based digital violence directed towards female journalists, recording 655 attacks in the period between Oct. 1, 2023 and Jan. 10, 2024, all on the social network 'X.' [...] Apart from social network X, APES mentioned […]