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The erosion of human rights in El Salvador intensified. An upsurge of attacks and obstacles targeting the independent media was reported and human rights organizations were publicly stigmatized by high-ranking government officials, including the president.
Dec 5, 2023 · Amnesty International has confirmed that, under the application of an extraordinary temporary measure, Salvadoran authorities have restricted and violated fundamental rights, including the right to life and prohibition against torture, over the course of 21 consecutive months.
El Salvador saw an increase in protests in 2023, as the situation in the country deteriorated under the extended state of emergency. Protesters denounced human rights violations under the state of emergency; demanded respect for economic, social, and cultural rights; and defended land and territory.
Oct 14, 2021 · El Salvador’s contemporary death squads do not engage in political liquidation. Their targets have largely been criminal suspects or innocent bystanders caught up in the violence.
Between 2021 and 2022, poverty decreased by 0.5 percent, affecting 29.8 percent of Salvadorans and extreme poverty rose by 0.3 percent, affecting 8.7 percent. In 2022, working-age Salvadorans ...
Prison and Police Barracks. The country’s penal institutions held over 36,600 detainees in August, twice the official capacity, the World Prison Brief revealed, including approximately 23 percent...
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May 19, 2021 · On May 1-2, 2021, the newly seated National Assembly of El Salvador, now dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party, dismissed the five magistrates on the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court and the attorney general and replaced them with allies of the president.
