Juan Pappier
@juanpappierhrw.bsky.social
Subdirector (Deputy Director), Americas, @HRW.org
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Host: A new report gives a chilling account of the treatment migrants experienced in CECOT. These detainees were subjected to torture, inhumane conditions and sexual violence. One detainee says 'guards made us kneel so they could shave our heads. The prison director told us you have arrived in hell'
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Host: A new report gives a chilling account of the treatment migrants experienced in CECOT. These detainees were subjected to torture, inhumane conditions and sexual violence. One detainee says 'guards made us kneel so they could shave our heads. The prison director told us you have arrived in hell'
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The Trump Administration is enabling torture and sexual assault. Many of the people they’ve shipped out to CECOT are asylum seekers. Half had no criminal record whatsoever. These mass deportations to third-party countries must end.
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Trump Administration is enabling torture and sexual assault. Many of the people they’ve shipped out to CECOT are asylum seekers. Half had no criminal record whatsoever. These mass deportations to third-party countries must end.
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Detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador tell of harrowing prison abuse and torture
Detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador tell of harrowing prison abuse and torture
Detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador tell of harrowing prison abuse and torture
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador tell of harrowing prison abuse and torture
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A new report from inside CECOT details the torture, sexual abuse, and cut off from lawyers that inmates suffer.
The Trump Administration pays El Salvador to hold migrants who've often been sent there without due process.
Your tax dollars are being used to finance torture. https://bit.ly/4pcyu1n
The Trump Administration pays El Salvador to hold migrants who've often been sent there without due process.
Your tax dollars are being used to finance torture. https://bit.ly/4pcyu1n
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A new report from inside CECOT details the torture, sexual abuse, and cut off from lawyers that inmates suffer.
The Trump Administration pays El Salvador to hold migrants who've often been sent there without due process.
Your tax dollars are being used to finance torture. https://bit.ly/4pcyu1n
The Trump Administration pays El Salvador to hold migrants who've often been sent there without due process.
Your tax dollars are being used to finance torture. https://bit.ly/4pcyu1n
Reposted by Juan Pappier
Shocking report alleges Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador faced potential torture. Recent watchdog report alleges that Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega prison were subjected to "constant beatings" & actions that may constitute torture…
Shocking report alleges Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador faced potential torture
A recent watchdog report alleges that the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega prison were subjected to "constant beatings" and other actions that may constitute torture u...
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Shocking report alleges Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador faced potential torture. Recent watchdog report alleges that Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega prison were subjected to "constant beatings" & actions that may constitute torture…
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The Venezuelans the United States government sent to El Salvador were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
Read the new report by @hrw and @Cristosal: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read the new report by @hrw and @Cristosal: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Venezuelans the United States government sent to El Salvador were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
Read the new report by @hrw and @Cristosal: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read the new report by @hrw and @Cristosal: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Juan Pappier
NEW: The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
Los venezolanos que el gobierno de Estados Unidos envió a El Salvador en marzo y abril de 2025 fueron torturados y sometidos a otros abusos, incluidos casos de violencia sexual.
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social @cristosal.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social @cristosal.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Estados Unidos/El Salvador: Deportados venezolanos fueron torturados
Los venezolanos que el gobierno de Estados Unidos envió a El Salvador en marzo y abril de 2025 fueron torturados y sometidos a otros abusos, incluidos casos de violencia sexual.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Los venezolanos que el gobierno de Estados Unidos envió a El Salvador en marzo y abril de 2025 fueron torturados y sometidos a otros abusos, incluidos casos de violencia sexual.
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social @cristosal.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social @cristosal.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
The Venezuelan nationals the United States government sent to El Salvador in March and April 2025 were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
NEW @hrw.org @cristosal.bsky.social report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
NEW @hrw.org @cristosal.bsky.social report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Venezuelan nationals the United States government sent to El Salvador in March and April 2025 were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
NEW @hrw.org @cristosal.bsky.social report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
NEW @hrw.org @cristosal.bsky.social report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Juan Pappier
@juanpappierhrw.bsky.social cita una opinión consultiva, de junio de 2021, de la Corte IDH en la edición de hoy de @elpais.com, p.4.
👇está el enlace al texto completo del dictamen (OC-28/21 de 7 de junio de 2021).
#SleeplessNightsForAutocrats #Bukele
jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/88397...
👇está el enlace al texto completo del dictamen (OC-28/21 de 7 de junio de 2021).
#SleeplessNightsForAutocrats #Bukele
jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/88397...
August 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@juanpappierhrw.bsky.social cita una opinión consultiva, de junio de 2021, de la Corte IDH en la edición de hoy de @elpais.com, p.4.
👇está el enlace al texto completo del dictamen (OC-28/21 de 7 de junio de 2021).
#SleeplessNightsForAutocrats #Bukele
jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/88397...
👇está el enlace al texto completo del dictamen (OC-28/21 de 7 de junio de 2021).
#SleeplessNightsForAutocrats #Bukele
jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/88397...
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🇭🇹Haïti a besoin d'une aide internationale urgente alors que la violence s'intensifie. Des millions de personnes ont du mal à se procurer de la nourriture, un abri et des services essentiels.
Voici l'histoire d'une vendeuse de rue de 37 ans qui a fui la violence à plsrs reprises:
Voici l'histoire d'une vendeuse de rue de 37 ans qui a fui la violence à plsrs reprises:
July 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🇭🇹Haïti a besoin d'une aide internationale urgente alors que la violence s'intensifie. Des millions de personnes ont du mal à se procurer de la nourriture, un abri et des services essentiels.
Voici l'histoire d'une vendeuse de rue de 37 ans qui a fui la violence à plsrs reprises:
Voici l'histoire d'une vendeuse de rue de 37 ans qui a fui la violence à plsrs reprises:
Interviews with police officers and internal police documents reveal abusive practices that have led to arbitrary detention and abuse of power in El Salvador.
Read our new @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Read our new @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
El Salvador: Police Officers Speak Out About Abuses
Interviews with police officers and internal police documents reveal abusive practices that have led to arbitrary detention and abuse of power in El Salvador.
www.hrw.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Interviews with police officers and internal police documents reveal abusive practices that have led to arbitrary detention and abuse of power in El Salvador.
Read our new @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Read our new @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
El Salvador, so far, this month:
A leading human rights lawyer is arrested
7 journalists flee the country fearing arrest
A peaceful protest is repressed
President proposes a "foreign agents" law
16 bus company owners arrested, one dead
A leading human rights lawyer is arrested
7 journalists flee the country fearing arrest
A peaceful protest is repressed
President proposes a "foreign agents" law
16 bus company owners arrested, one dead
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
El Salvador, so far, this month:
A leading human rights lawyer is arrested
7 journalists flee the country fearing arrest
A peaceful protest is repressed
President proposes a "foreign agents" law
16 bus company owners arrested, one dead
A leading human rights lawyer is arrested
7 journalists flee the country fearing arrest
A peaceful protest is repressed
President proposes a "foreign agents" law
16 bus company owners arrested, one dead
Since the 2024 election, the Maduro government has killed, tortured, detained and forcefully disappeared people seeking democratic change in Venezuela.
New @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
New @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Venezuela: Brutal Crackdown Since Elections
Venezuelan authorities and pro-government armed groups have committed widespread abuses since the July 28, 2024 presidential elections.
www.hrw.org
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Since the 2024 election, the Maduro government has killed, tortured, detained and forcefully disappeared people seeking democratic change in Venezuela.
New @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
New @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Desde las elecciones de 2024, el regimen de Maduro ha asesinado, torturado, detenido y desaparecido a personas que apostaron por la democracia en Venezuela.
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Venezuela: Represión brutal desde las elecciones
Las autoridades venezolanas y los “colectivos” han cometido abusos generalizados desde las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio de 2024.
www.hrw.org
April 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Desde las elecciones de 2024, el regimen de Maduro ha asesinado, torturado, detenido y desaparecido a personas que apostaron por la democracia en Venezuela.
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Nuevo informe de @hrwespanol.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Fake margaritas
Fake security narrative (he negotiated with gang leaders)
Fake homicide rates (low, but not as low as he claims)
Fake justice system (no due process)
Fake justice for gang victims (nobody sentenced since state of emergency)
Who takes Bukele's word seriously?
Fake security narrative (he negotiated with gang leaders)
Fake homicide rates (low, but not as low as he claims)
Fake justice system (no due process)
Fake justice for gang victims (nobody sentenced since state of emergency)
Who takes Bukele's word seriously?
April 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Fake margaritas
Fake security narrative (he negotiated with gang leaders)
Fake homicide rates (low, but not as low as he claims)
Fake justice system (no due process)
Fake justice for gang victims (nobody sentenced since state of emergency)
Who takes Bukele's word seriously?
Fake security narrative (he negotiated with gang leaders)
Fake homicide rates (low, but not as low as he claims)
Fake justice system (no due process)
Fake justice for gang victims (nobody sentenced since state of emergency)
Who takes Bukele's word seriously?
"As his partnership with Trump deepens, many in the [Salvadoran] diaspora are beginning to question whether Bukele still represents their interests or if he has traded them away for political clout": @marcelagarcia.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/o...
Is Bukele still El Salvador’s savior? Not for all abroad - The Boston Globe
An über popular president once hailed as a bold reformer by Salvadorans in the United States is now facing backlash for aligning himself too closely with Trump.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"As his partnership with Trump deepens, many in the [Salvadoran] diaspora are beginning to question whether Bukele still represents their interests or if he has traded them away for political clout": @marcelagarcia.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/o...
In 2022, then-Senator Rubio wrote that failing to renew the TPS for Venezuelans would be a "very real death sentence”.
So, why does he support terminating the TPS now? He knows well that conditions in Venezuela haven't improved the sightliest.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
So, why does he support terminating the TPS now? He knows well that conditions in Venezuela haven't improved the sightliest.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Once a champion for Venezuelans, Rubio endorses Trump decision to end Venezuela TPS
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once a stalwart champion of Venezuelan immigrants, supports President Donald Trump’s decision to end the deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people alr...
www.miamiherald.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In 2022, then-Senator Rubio wrote that failing to renew the TPS for Venezuelans would be a "very real death sentence”.
So, why does he support terminating the TPS now? He knows well that conditions in Venezuela haven't improved the sightliest.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
So, why does he support terminating the TPS now? He knows well that conditions in Venezuela haven't improved the sightliest.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
International law has a precise term for what the Trump administration and El Salvador have done to over 200 deported Venezuelans and their families:
Enforced disappearance.
Read @hrw.org's findings: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Enforced disappearance.
Read @hrw.org's findings: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
US/El Salvador: Venezuelan Deportees Forcibly Disappeared
The governments of the United States and El Salvador have subjected more than 200 Venezuelan nationals to enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention, Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
International law has a precise term for what the Trump administration and El Salvador have done to over 200 deported Venezuelans and their families:
Enforced disappearance.
Read @hrw.org's findings: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Enforced disappearance.
Read @hrw.org's findings: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
"The Argentine Senate put a stop to one of the most serious attacks on judicial independence since the country’s return to democracy,” I told @apnews.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Argentine senate rejects President Milei's Supreme Court appointees in blow to libertarian leader
Argentina’s senate has rejected the two Supreme Court candidates that President Javier Milei nominated by decree earlier this year, dealing a major blow to the libertarian leader
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"The Argentine Senate put a stop to one of the most serious attacks on judicial independence since the country’s return to democracy,” I told @apnews.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near the Colombia-Venezuela border have committed grave abuses against civilians.
New @hrw.org research:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
New @hrw.org research:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Colombia: Armed Groups Batter Border Region
Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near the Colombia-Venezuela border have committed grave abuses against people living in the area and displaced thousands, Human Rights Watch sa...
www.hrw.org
March 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near the Colombia-Venezuela border have committed grave abuses against civilians.
New @hrw.org research:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
New @hrw.org research:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
"The Trump administration has used its first few months to target the due process rights of immigrants. If left unchecked, its efforts will threaten the broader rights and liberties of us all": @davidleopold.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump’s immigrant purge is part of a larger agenda
By denying immigrants due process, the Trump administration launches an assault on the rule of law.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The Trump administration has used its first few months to target the due process rights of immigrants. If left unchecked, its efforts will threaten the broader rights and liberties of us all": @davidleopold.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
*Nueva investigación*
ELN y Frente 33 han cometido abusos contra civiles en el Catatumbo colombiano.
Documentamos homicidios, trabajo forzado y reclutamiento de menores.
Urge implementar una política de justicia y seguridad para proteger a la población.
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
ELN y Frente 33 han cometido abusos contra civiles en el Catatumbo colombiano.
Documentamos homicidios, trabajo forzado y reclutamiento de menores.
Urge implementar una política de justicia y seguridad para proteger a la población.
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Colombia: Grupos armados azotan región fronteriza
Los grupos armados que se disputan la región del Catatumbo, cerca de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela, han cometido graves abusos contra los habitantes de la zona y han desplazado a miles de per...
www.hrw.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
*Nueva investigación*
ELN y Frente 33 han cometido abusos contra civiles en el Catatumbo colombiano.
Documentamos homicidios, trabajo forzado y reclutamiento de menores.
Urge implementar una política de justicia y seguridad para proteger a la población.
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
ELN y Frente 33 han cometido abusos contra civiles en el Catatumbo colombiano.
Documentamos homicidios, trabajo forzado y reclutamiento de menores.
Urge implementar una política de justicia y seguridad para proteger a la población.
www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Reposted by Juan Pappier
“Yo hablo de un Guantánamo centroamericano, porque el propósito de Guantánamo era dejar a las personas acusadas de terrorismo fuera de la protección del debido proceso de la ley estadounidense. Aquí la intención es muy similar” @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social elpais.com/us/migracion... @elpais.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Yo hablo de un Guantánamo centroamericano, porque el propósito de Guantánamo era dejar a las personas acusadas de terrorismo fuera de la protección del debido proceso de la ley estadounidense. Aquí la intención es muy similar” @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social elpais.com/us/migracion... @elpais.com