US EditionSalvadorans stage protest against Bukele's state of emergency
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Allegations of arbitrary arrests, torture and hundreds of deaths in prisons
Among the main complaints of the social force were: the thousands of layoffs, the eviction of communities and vendors, spoke out against mining, the high cost of living, demanded the cessation of persecution and called on the population to organize and join a resistance movement.
Salvadorans stage protest against Bukele's state of emergency
SAN SALVADOR — Protesters gathered in El Salvador’s capital Sunday to demonstrate against President Nayib Bukele’s controversial state of emergency, which allows law enforcement to arrest people without a warrant. The policy, which was declared in 2022 as part of Bukele’s anti-gang crackdown, has led to more than 90,000 people being detained in the small Central American country. Only around 8,000 have been released after being found not guilty,…
Some 200 people protested this Sunday in the capital of El Salvador against the “democratic setbacks” attributed to the Nayib Bukele government, such as the “weakening” of institutions responsible for the defence of human rights, and the abuses committed in the context of the emergency regime.
Under this policy, more than 90,000 people have been arrested since 2022.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, declared Monday that the state offensive against gangs, developed under the emergency regime in force since March 2022, did not record civilian deaths. The claims were made during the National Prayer Breakfast for El Salvador, an event organized by the Prospera Foundation in the National Palace of San Salvador, with the assistance of state authorities, diplomatic representatives and religious leaders. …
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