HRW noted that the emergency regime in El Salvador facilitates serious human rights abuses
Salvadorans have suspended, until April 27, the rights of association, the inviolability of correspondence and telecommunications and the right to defense in case of detention
30 Mar, 2022 00:11 a.m. EST
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A soldier searches a man at a checkpoint in the 22 de Abril neighborhood after El Salvador's Congress approved on Sunday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections after the Central American country recorded a sharp rise in killings attributed to criminal gangs, in San Salvador, Soyapango, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that the comprehensive emergency regime adopted in El Salvador in the name of public security has suspended a number of basic rights, opening the door to human rights violations.
