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El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch reports over 9,000 Salvadorans deported from the U.S. since January 2025 face arbitrary detention with limited due process in El Salvador's prison system.
- On Monday, Human Rights Watch found more than 9,000 Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States were arbitrarily detained on arrival and disappeared into El Salvador's prison system.
- President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in March 2022 that has been extended nearly four years, suspending rights and detaining around 91,300 people while releasing 8,000 innocent people.
- The group that interviewed 20 relatives and lawyers says detainees have limited access to due process, and families often learn of deportations only through photos or litigation at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
- Relatives describe ongoing anguish as many U.S.-based relatives agonize, unsure if they will see loved ones again, and some only learned detainees' locations through Inter-American Commission on Human Rights litigation while El Salvador's Presidential Office did not respond.
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El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the U.S., Human Rights Watch says
Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States are arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and their loved ones do not know where they are or how to contact them
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El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says
Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States are arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and their loved ones do not know where they are or how to contact them.
·United States
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The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused on Monday the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for the "forced disappearance" of at least 11 nationals of his country, expelled from the United States to El Salvador last year.
·Montreal, Canada
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The complaint arises a week after a group of international jurists accused the Bukele government of committing “crimes against humanity.”
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