Tag #Digital Attacks

What is the immediate impact of the online smear campaign against Morena Herrera and other Salvadoran abortion rights activists?

Morena Herrera, a 64-year-old El Salvadoran abortion rights campaigner, has been the target of a smear campaign involving fabricated videos on social media. These videos falsely accuse her of pressuring a young woman into having an abortion, aiming to discredit her activism and influence the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) case of Beatriz, who died after being denied an abortion in 2013. The case could lead to abortion decriminalization in El Salvador.