Activists Call for an End to Prolonged Pre-Trial Detention in El Salvador

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San Salvador, El Salvador. In July 2023, the Legislative Assembly passed a decree with “special transitional provisions” to prosecute detainees under an emergency regime that gives legal support to the “war” that President Nayib Bukele declared to the gangs in March 2022. That decree extended the provisional detention from six to 24 months and authorized collective trials for gang members operating in the same area. This special rule applies unt…