El Salvador Rights Groups Cite 338 Violations Amid Gang Crackdown
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5 may 2022. five human rights groups in el salvador have reported that there have been complaints of at least 338 violations of human rights during el salvador’s crackdown on gang members. the. File heavily armed police guard the streets after el salvador’s congress granted president nayib bukele’s request to declare a state of emergency, amid a wave of gang related killings, in downtown san salvador, el salvador, sunday, march 27, 2022. the exceptional powers still remain in effect in nov. 2023, more than 1 ½ years after they.
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By san salvador. published 8:29 pm pdt, march 16, 2023. el salvador’s congress has voted to approve yet another extension of emergency rules allowing police to round up suspected members of street gangs. the vote late wednesday was widely expected, and marks the 12th such one month extension granted to president nayib bukele since the measure. May 6, 2022cited article by al jazeerahrrc condemns the human rights violations occurring under the direction of the el salvadoran government in its targeting of alleged gang members. the implementation of arrest quotas and overly aggressive tactics to address criminality causes significant collateral damage to civilians, and erodes trust in the government and criminal justice agencies. San salvador, el salvador (ap) — el salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by president nayib bukele for the 24th consecutive one month extension of an anti gang emergency decree. the vote by congress late friday means that by march 27, the country will have spent a full two years under the decree, which suspends some rights. El salvador rights groups cite 338 violations amid gang crackdown amid spike in homicides, president nayib bukele declared a state of emergency in march aimed at stemming gang violence. published.
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San salvador, el salvador (ap) — el salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by president nayib bukele for the 24th consecutive one month extension of an anti gang emergency decree. the vote by congress late friday means that by march 27, the country will have spent a full two years under the decree, which suspends some rights. El salvador rights groups cite 338 violations amid gang crackdown amid spike in homicides, president nayib bukele declared a state of emergency in march aimed at stemming gang violence. published. For decades, the ms13 and the 18th street gang dumped victims' bodies in ditches and streams, on roadsides and wasteland across the notoriously dangerous district of the capital, san salvador. Bukele has said around 80 percent of el salvador is under the control of criminal gangs, with the state of emergency introduced last year after a wave of murders attributed to the violent groups.
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