Human rights lawyer Ruth López has spent a year imprisoned without trial in El Salvador after defending families impacted by unlawful detentions and exposing corruption.
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
May 18, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Human rights lawyer Ruth López has spent a year imprisoned without trial in El Salvador after defending families impacted by unlawful detentions and exposing corruption.
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
📍 Outside the U.S. Capitol, @kerrykennedy.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined civil society organizations in calling for the release of Ruth López.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador
June 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
📍 Outside the U.S. Capitol, @kerrykennedy.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined civil society organizations in calling for the release of Ruth López.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador
We reiterate that the detention of Ruth López is unjust and disproportionate, and violates international human rights standards as well as our own legal frameworks.
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We reiterate that the detention of Ruth López is unjust and disproportionate, and violates international human rights standards as well as our own legal frameworks.
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
Human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez petitioned President Nayib Bukele to release information to the families of U.S. deportees being held in Salvadoran prison.
Then she was arrested and imprisoned.
We cannot allow this to stand.
#FreeRuth now.
From @ariassulma.bsky.social:
Then she was arrested and imprisoned.
We cannot allow this to stand.
#FreeRuth now.
From @ariassulma.bsky.social:
She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. - OtherWords
Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too.
otherwords.org
May 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez petitioned President Nayib Bukele to release information to the families of U.S. deportees being held in Salvadoran prison.
Then she was arrested and imprisoned.
We cannot allow this to stand.
#FreeRuth now.
From @ariassulma.bsky.social:
Then she was arrested and imprisoned.
We cannot allow this to stand.
#FreeRuth now.
From @ariassulma.bsky.social:
Ruth Lopez has been arbitrarily detained for over a year for exposing the corruption and abuses of the Bukele regime. On behalf of @humanrightsfirst.org, I joined civil society organizations at the US Capitol this week to demand her release and send the message that she is not forgotten. #FreeRuth
June 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ruth Lopez has been arbitrarily detained for over a year for exposing the corruption and abuses of the Bukele regime. On behalf of @humanrightsfirst.org, I joined civil society organizations at the US Capitol this week to demand her release and send the message that she is not forgotten. #FreeRuth
🚨 URGENT: It’s been one year since human rights lawyer Ruth López was arrested in El Salvador. 🚨
Amnesty International calls her a prisoner of conscience.
She exposed corruption. Now she’s silenced.
We’re demanding Congress act.
Sign: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth #ElSalvador
Amnesty International calls her a prisoner of conscience.
She exposed corruption. Now she’s silenced.
We’re demanding Congress act.
Sign: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth #ElSalvador
Tell Congress: Free Ruth Lopez. Fight authoritarian repression.
Behind bars, without access to family or lawyers, Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López has been held for a year without trial. Ruth is a human rights defender, and anti-corruption advocate who ...
ppls.ac
May 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🚨 URGENT: It’s been one year since human rights lawyer Ruth López was arrested in El Salvador. 🚨
Amnesty International calls her a prisoner of conscience.
She exposed corruption. Now she’s silenced.
We’re demanding Congress act.
Sign: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth #ElSalvador
Amnesty International calls her a prisoner of conscience.
She exposed corruption. Now she’s silenced.
We’re demanding Congress act.
Sign: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth #ElSalvador
The international call for Ruth López’s release continues to grow.
Many voices around the world are demanding justice for a woman imprisoned for exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#HumanRights
#ElSalvador
Many voices around the world are demanding justice for a woman imprisoned for exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#HumanRights
#ElSalvador
May 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The international call for Ruth López’s release continues to grow.
Many voices around the world are demanding justice for a woman imprisoned for exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#HumanRights
#ElSalvador
Many voices around the world are demanding justice for a woman imprisoned for exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#HumanRights
#ElSalvador
Ruth López has spent one year imprisoned without trial after exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
In this video, @ariassulma.bsky.social explains why Ruth’s case matters far beyond El Salvador.
Read Sulma’s article:
https://bit.ly/3RnVOgP
#FreeRuth
In this video, @ariassulma.bsky.social explains why Ruth’s case matters far beyond El Salvador.
Read Sulma’s article:
https://bit.ly/3RnVOgP
#FreeRuth
May 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Ruth López has spent one year imprisoned without trial after exposing corruption and defending human rights in El Salvador.
In this video, @ariassulma.bsky.social explains why Ruth’s case matters far beyond El Salvador.
Read Sulma’s article:
https://bit.ly/3RnVOgP
#FreeRuth
In this video, @ariassulma.bsky.social explains why Ruth’s case matters far beyond El Salvador.
Read Sulma’s article:
https://bit.ly/3RnVOgP
#FreeRuth
One year ago, Ruth López was imprisoned for defending truth and exposing corruption in El Salvador. She remains unjustly detained. She is a political prisoner. We must not look away.
Add your voice and demand her release.
✍️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
#FreeRuth
Add your voice and demand her release.
✍️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
#FreeRuth
May 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
One year ago, Ruth López was imprisoned for defending truth and exposing corruption in El Salvador. She remains unjustly detained. She is a political prisoner. We must not look away.
Add your voice and demand her release.
✍️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
#FreeRuth
Add your voice and demand her release.
✍️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
#FreeRuth
#FreeRuth | “Now when that hour arrives, there are no words, no new things to consider. Only silence.”
In a @nytimes.comopinion piece, Louis Benavides writes about the pain of living one year without Ruth López after her arbitrary imprisonment in El Salvador.
🔗 Read it here sl1nk.com/1mlrk1q
In a @nytimes.comopinion piece, Louis Benavides writes about the pain of living one year without Ruth López after her arbitrary imprisonment in El Salvador.
🔗 Read it here sl1nk.com/1mlrk1q
Opinion | My Wife Disappeared Into El Salvador’s Prison System. When Will She Come Home?
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
#FreeRuth | “Now when that hour arrives, there are no words, no new things to consider. Only silence.”
In a @nytimes.comopinion piece, Louis Benavides writes about the pain of living one year without Ruth López after her arbitrary imprisonment in El Salvador.
🔗 Read it here sl1nk.com/1mlrk1q
In a @nytimes.comopinion piece, Louis Benavides writes about the pain of living one year without Ruth López after her arbitrary imprisonment in El Salvador.
🔗 Read it here sl1nk.com/1mlrk1q
In the U.S.? You can take action! Call on Congress to add their voices in solidarity with Ruth: ppls.ac/freeruth (5/5)
Tell Congress: Free Ruth Lopez. Fight authoritarian repression.
Behind bars, without access to family or lawyers, Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López has been held for a year without trial. Ruth is a human rights defender, and anti-corruption advocate who ...
ppls.ac
May 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
In the U.S.? You can take action! Call on Congress to add their voices in solidarity with Ruth: ppls.ac/freeruth (5/5)
Human rights lawyer Ruth López has spent a year imprisoned without trial in El Salvador after defending families impacted by unlawful detentions and exposing corruption.
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
More than 500 organizations are calling for her release.
Tell Congress to speak out:
ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
May 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Ruth López, presa política en El Salvador, recibe de la American Bar Association el Premio Internacional de Derechos Humanos.
#LibertadParaRuth #FreeRuth
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
#LibertadParaRuth #FreeRuth
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Constitutional lawyer Ruth López of El Salvador awarded ABA International Human Rights
CHICAGO, July 28, 2025 — Ruth López, a constitutional lawyer and educator who has devoted her life to defending the fundamental rights of Salvadorans and advancing public transparency, will receive th...
www.americanbar.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ruth López, presa política en El Salvador, recibe de la American Bar Association el Premio Internacional de Derechos Humanos.
#LibertadParaRuth #FreeRuth
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
#LibertadParaRuth #FreeRuth
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The echo of Ruth López's voice reaches farther every day. Now, 9 U.S. Congress members are demanding her release and urging Secretary Rubio to act.
Ruth is a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime. Her only "crime" was exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
Ruth is a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime. Her only "crime" was exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
June 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The echo of Ruth López's voice reaches farther every day. Now, 9 U.S. Congress members are demanding her release and urging Secretary Rubio to act.
Ruth is a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime. Her only "crime" was exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
Ruth is a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime. Her only "crime" was exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
🗣️ “You are not alone. We are with you, and we will not forget you.”
— Rep. Delia Ramirez on Ruth López, the Salvadoran human rights lawyer who has spent a year in prison without trial after exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth
— Rep. Delia Ramirez on Ruth López, the Salvadoran human rights lawyer who has spent a year in prison without trial after exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth
June 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
🗣️ “You are not alone. We are with you, and we will not forget you.”
— Rep. Delia Ramirez on Ruth López, the Salvadoran human rights lawyer who has spent a year in prison without trial after exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth
— Rep. Delia Ramirez on Ruth López, the Salvadoran human rights lawyer who has spent a year in prison without trial after exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth
💌 From love and gratitude, the families of the Venezuelans sent by the U.S. to CECOT in 2025 write this letter to our colleague Ruth López, now a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime for exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
May 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
💌 From love and gratitude, the families of the Venezuelans sent by the U.S. to CECOT in 2025 write this letter to our colleague Ruth López, now a political prisoner of the Salvadoran regime for exposing corruption.
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
#FreeRuth
#PublicTrialForRuth
May 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
May 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My post at El Salvador Perspectives on the case of Ruth López and other political prisoners in El Salvador. #FreeRuth
timmuth.substack.com/p/free-ruth?...
timmuth.substack.com/p/free-ruth?...
Free Ruth
One year has passed since human rights lawyer Ruth López was detained and then imprisoned by the Salvadoran government.
timmuth.substack.com
May 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
My post at El Salvador Perspectives on the case of Ruth López and other political prisoners in El Salvador. #FreeRuth
timmuth.substack.com/p/free-ruth?...
timmuth.substack.com/p/free-ruth?...
In May 2025, Ruth López was arbitrarily detained in a process described by international organizations as political retaliation. Amnesty International declared her a “prisoner of conscience.”
#FreeRuth #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho #HaveDecency
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeRuth #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho #HaveDecency
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In May 2025, Ruth López was arbitrarily detained in a process described by international organizations as political retaliation. Amnesty International declared her a “prisoner of conscience.”
#FreeRuth #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho #HaveDecency
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeRuth #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho #HaveDecency
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
“They will not silence me! I want a public trial! People deserve to know. He who has nothing to hide, has nothing to fear.”
— Ruth López, June 2025 court hearing
She’s been silenced for 10 months.
Amplify her voice: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
— Ruth López, June 2025 court hearing
She’s been silenced for 10 months.
Amplify her voice: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
Tell Congress: Free Ruth Lopez. Fight authoritarian repression.
Behind bars, without access to family or lawyers, Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López has been held for a year without trial. Ruth is a human rights defender, and anti-corruption advocate who ...
ppls.ac
May 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“They will not silence me! I want a public trial! People deserve to know. He who has nothing to hide, has nothing to fear.”
— Ruth López, June 2025 court hearing
She’s been silenced for 10 months.
Amplify her voice: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
— Ruth López, June 2025 court hearing
She’s been silenced for 10 months.
Amplify her voice: ppls.ac/freeruth
#FreeRuth
actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr... Please sign this petition. It has been one year since Ruth was unlawfully imprisoned for doing her job. #FreeRuth
Tell Congress: Free Ruth Lopez. Fight authoritarian repression.
Behind bars, without access to family or lawyers, Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López has been held for a year without trial. Ruth is a human rights defender, and anti-corruption advocate who ...
actionnetwork.org
May 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr... Please sign this petition. It has been one year since Ruth was unlawfully imprisoned for doing her job. #FreeRuth
She's locked up for her work. #FreeRuth happening-here.blogspot.com/2026/05/neve...
Never give up!
Ruth López committed no crime: she has been imprisoned for an entire year for exposing corruption in El Salvador without any kind of legal p...
happening-here.blogspot.com
May 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
She's locked up for her work. #FreeRuth happening-here.blogspot.com/2026/05/neve...