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Massive Unjust Detentions in El Salvador

The government of El Salvador’s President Bukele has suspended constitutional guarantees and unjustly put more than 60,000 people behind bars....

El Salvador: Human rights crisis could deepen during Nayib Bukele’s second term

President Nayib Bukele’s self-proclaimed re-election follows 22 straight months of suspensions of multiple civil rights in El Salvador....

El Salvador: Policies, practices, and abusive, arbitrary legislation violate human rights and threaten civic space

December 5, 2023 El Salvador is experiencing an alarming regression in the respect for and protection of human rights, Amnesty...

El Salvador: One year into state of emergency, human rights remain under attack

In El Salvador, a state of emergency has led to a litany of human rights violations such as torture, arbitrary...

Eviscerating human rights is not the answer to El Salvador’s gang problem

By Duncan Tucker, Americas media manager at Amnesty International This article was originally published in El Pais El Salvador’s gangs...

El Salvador: President Bukele engulfs the country in a human rights crisis after three years in government

June 2, 2022 Under the current state of emergency, the Salvadoran authorities have committed massive human rights violations, including thousands...

EL SALVADOR: State of Emergency Grave Threat to Rights

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 41/22 BELOW On 27 March 2022, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a state of emergency...

El Salvador: State of emergency has created a perfect storm of human rights violations

April 25, 2022 Thirty days after El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a state of emergency in the country in response...

El Salvador: Violence merits a comprehensive response that respects human rights

1 April 2022 Amnesty International published an open letter to President Nayib Bukele today, expressing concern about the actions of...

El Salvador: Hearing on abuse of Pegasus spyware to be held by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

March 15, 2022 Amnesty International, Access Now and Citizen Lab to provide expert opinion at a hearing convened by the...

El Salvador: Amnesty International verifies use of Pegasus spyware for surveillance of journalists

12 January 2021 A joint investigation by Access Now and the Citizen Lab has identified the use of NSO Group’s...

El Salvador’s president Bukele must change course before it’s too late

By Astrid Valencia researcher for Central America at Amnesty International December 1 marks the halfway point of Nayib Bukele’s five-year...

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