09.06.2022, 06:51
Zitat:Salvadoran authorities are committing 'massive' human rights violations, with nearly 2% of the country detained, Amnesty allegeshttps://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/02/ameri...index.html
(CNN) - Salvadoran authorities have committed "massive" human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, torture, and ill-treatment, according to a new report from Amnesty International. The report, released Thursday, found that since late March, nearly 2% of the country has been detained, with at least 18 people having died in state custody.
On March 27, the country was placed under a state of emergency to tackle an uptick in homicides, driven by gangs Barrio 18 and MS-13. The country's Legislative Assembly passed the measure at the request of President Nayib Bukele after an upsurge in violence left 62 dead in a single day. It has been extended twice. More than 36,000 people have been detained since, according to a Tuesday statement from the Salvadoran government. [...] According to Amnesty, at least 1,190 children have been detained and held in youth facilities, with many of them charged with being a member of an illegal group of terrorist organizations.
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