WPF expresses unwavering solidarity with a woman journalist in El Salvador — who remains anonymous due to safety concerns — lodging a complaint with the Attorney General's Office following an assault during the January electoral campaign.

WPF strongly condemns the recent assault on Jéssica Orellana, a respected photojournalist for El Diario de Hoy, while she reported on a government food aid delivery program in San Salvador, El Salvador.

CFWIJ and WPF strongly condemns the egregious violation of press freedom in Ahuachapán, where a La Prensa Gráfica journalist faced targeted harassment and defamation at the hands of Darwin Regalado, Mayor of El Refugio, and supporters of the Nuevas Ideas party.

Phones of dozens of journalists and activists in El Salvador were hacked with the spyware Pegasus.

The President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele has proposed a law, which requires media outlets and journalists receiving funds or payments from abroad to register as “foreign agents”.

Photojournalist for El Diario de Hoy, Jessica Orellana was physically assaulted by President Nayib Bukele’s security team. Jessica was impeded while trying to capture images of the president casting his vote. Jessica was hurt by a security member who took her by the arm and injured her neck. Jessica collected herself and resumed taking pictures when she was pushed again by another member of the security detail. CFWIJ condemns the physical assault of the journalist at work. We ask government authorities to step in and hold the president's security team accountable for forcefully interfering with a journalist doing her job.

La periodista de Gato Encerrado, Julia Gavarrete, informó el 2 de julio que su casa fue allanada mientras estaba en una conferencia de prensa. Cuando Julia regresó del trabajo, encontró la puerta de su casa abierta y en su habitación deliberadamente habían sido esparcidas sus pertenencias: papeles y material de trabajo. Notó que su computadora portátil había sido robada, el único material de valor que faltabs y no hay otro golpe valioso que lo describa como un robo común.

Gato Encerrado News reporter Julia Gavarrete reported on July 2nd that her house was broken into while she was at a press conference. When Julia returned from work, she found her house door open and her room had been deliberately scattered with her belongings, papers, stationery and work material. Her laptop was stolen, that being the only material of value missing and no other valuable strokes is described as a robbery. The incident seems methodological to the journalist who feels it could be linked with the state.