Nicaraguan lawmakers
Nicaraguan lawmakers participate in a parliamentary session in Managua on November 16, 2021. The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom organizations warned on May 30, 2025 that recent laws approved in El Salvador and Nicaragua could harm press freedom. (Photo: AFP/Oswaldo Rivas)

CPJ, partners warn El Salvador, Nicaragua legislation could harm press freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 21 other international and local press freedom organizations in a joint statement Friday rejecting laws approved in El Salvador and Nicaragua that could severely affect press freedom, freedom of expression, and access to information in those countries.

On May 16, Nicaraguan lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment that allows the government to strip Nicaraguan nationality fromcitizens who opt for a second nationality.

On May 20, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a “foreign agents” law mandating that any person or organization receiving funds from abroad register with the Ministry of Interior as a foreign agent.

Read the full statement in English and Español.