Human Rights Observatory calls for revocation of the emergency regime in El Salvador

He University Observatory of Human Rights (OUDH) asked this Wednesday the Congress in The Savior revoke the emergency regime with which the president Nayib Bukele carry out a “war” against gangs, because it is no longer necessary.

Your withdrawal is requested”because what caused this exceptional measure was a serious situation and if it is said that homicides have already decreased, then the serious situation no longer exists.“, he told AFP Gabriela Santosfrom the directory OUDHafter the presentation of an annual report.

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On March 27, 2022, Bukele declared the “war”to gangs protected by the emergency regime, after an escalation of 87 homicides in one weekend.

His crusade returned apparent tranquility to the streets of the Central American country and increased his popularity, which allowed him to be re-elected in February for a second five-year term.

Under the emergency regime, almost 80,000 suspected gang members were detained without a court order, but the measure is criticized by several human rights groups.

Renewed monthly by Congress, its mandate is the main recommendation of the OUDH, which belongs to the Centroamericana Jesuit University and which considers that The Savior It has laws to judge gang members without extraordinary standards.

The Observatory report questions the official balance of 154 homicides in the country during 2023.

The official figuresuffers from under-registration” good “does not take into account all violent deaths that occurred“, when go out “outside”to those who died in clashes with the police, as well as those who died in prison, to the bones located and the deaths of alleged gang members.

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For the Observatory, the real number of homicides in 2023 was 309 people, a rate of 4.87 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants and not 2.4, as the authorities claim.

The Observatory coordinator, Jorge Rodríguezsaid that at the end of 2023 it was estimated that there were 104,747 prisoners in El Salvador, which is equivalent to 1,652 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, “the highest rate in the world”.

After insisting on the plight of many innocent people captured without the right to defense, the OUDH demanded “adopt a comprehensive program of reparations for people deprived of their liberty due to police, fiscal and judicial errors”.

Source: Elcomercio

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