Hundreds of People Have Died in El Salvador's Prisons Since the State of Emergency Was Declared, Amnesty International Says
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The country's president, Nayib Bukele, rules with almost absolute power in his hands, the international NGO emphasizes.
More than 90,000 arbitrary arrests have been made in El Salvador since President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in 2022, and at least 470 people have died in custody since then, according to a new report by Amnesty International published yesterday. In several cases where people died in custody, there were signs of physical abuse or medical neglect that did not match official records of the cause of death. Many of the dead had not be…
The number of people killed in the State custody of El Salvador's prisons has reached at least 547 victims, as reported by the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Relief (SJH), alerting to a serious human rights crisis resulting from the emergency regime implemented since March 2022.
This allegation is in addition to that of a group of international jurists who, last March, also accused the Bukele government of serious human rights violations, such as torture and disappearances, which could represent crimes against humanity.
The number of people killed in El Salvador's prisons following their detention under the emergency regime, in force since March 2022 against the gangs, rose to at least 547, according to the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Aid (SJH). The entry Increases to 547 deaths in Salvadoran prisons under emergency regime, according to NGOs was first published in the Digital Process.
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