El Salvador rights groups fear repression after raids on seven offices

NGOs believe raids, officially part of an embezzlement inquiry, are an attempt to criminalise social movements'

Rights activists in El Salvador said they will not be pressured into silence after prosecutors raided the offices of seven charities and groups in the Central American country.

They're trying to criminalise social movements," said Morena Herrera, a prominent women's rights activist. They can't accept that they are in support of a better El Salvador."