US EditionJournalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure
- El Salvador’s Journalists Association is leaving the country due to a foreign agents law seen as pressuring critical voices.
- The association aims to defend journalists’ rights and freedom of the press without restrictions.
- The foreign agents law, imposed in May, includes a 30% tax on foreign funds and requires organizations to register as foreign agents.
- The association has recorded 43 Salvadoran journalists who left the country between March and June.
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By CNN en Español The Salvadoran Journalists Association (APES) announced Wednesday that it has relocated its legal status outside the country due to "the urgent need to work without limitations or pressure" in the Central American nation. The organization explained in a statement that the decision is due to the "restrictions and challenges" in the Salvadoran civic space, derived from "restrictive regulations in force," referring to the Foreign …
By CNN en Español The Salvadoran Journalists Association (APES) announced Wednesday that it has relocated its legal status outside the country due to "the urgent need to work without limitations or pressure" in the Central American nation. The organization explained in a statement that the decision is due to the "restrictions and challenges" in the Salvadoran civic space, derived from "restrictive regulations in force," referring to the Foreign …
The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES), the country's main trade union, announced the closure of its operations and its forced exile in the face of the growing harassment of the press under the government of Nayib Bukele. This has been confirmed to El PAÍS by its president, Sergio Arauz. Its departure marks a historic precedent: for the first time since its foundation in 1936, the association moves its legal personality out of the …
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