El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders

By Human Rights Watch

Alejandro Henríquez, left, and José Ángel Pérez, right, speak with their lawyers before their first court hearing in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, May 30, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Salvador Melendez (Washington, DC) – Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has reviewed videos and court documents that indicate that the arrests were arbitrary and the charges unfounded.The police arrested José Ángel Pérez,…

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