HRC in the News —
The Mercury News: What ‘60 Minutes’ didn’t air: UC Berkeley research on alleged abuse at El Salvador mega-prison, about HRC’s Investigations Lab, which was set to be featured in a 60 Minutes segment “Inside CECOT” before it was pulled just hours before airing.
Left: Professor Alexa Koenig, faculty director of the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, at her home in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. Koenig led the team that did the research which helped document allegations of beatings, sexual abuse and inhumane conditions at an El Salvadoran prison that held Venezuelan immigrants sent there by the Trump administration. CBS News is drawing criticism for pulling a “60 Minutes” segment highlighting the research. Photo credit: Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group.