El Salvador
Since taking office, President Nayib Bukele has launched an assault on democratic institutions, including by using the military to press legislators to approve a bill and using his majority in Congress to summarily remove and replace all the judges on the constitutional chamber of El Salvador’s Supreme Court, as well as the attorney general. His administration implemented abusive Covid-19 related measures such as inhumane conditions for prisoners and created a hostile environment for media.
El Salvador has one of the world’s highest homicide rates, partially due to corruption and impunity. State security forces have committed egregious abuses, including extrajudicial executions, sexual assaults, and enforced disappearances. The authorities have failed to investigate crimes and collaborated with gangs. Gangs exercise territorial control, extort residents, and kill, disappear, rape, or displace those who resist them. Girls and women alleged to have had abortions have been imprisoned for homicide.
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AmericasI am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in advance of your upcoming trip to Central America to urge you to call on the region’s leaders to respect human rights, the rule of law, and judicial independence, and to take action to end violence and discrimination against marginalized groups.
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“Every Day I Live in Fear”
Violence and Discrimination Against LGBT People in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and Obstacles to Asylum in the United States
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Interview: LGBT People Flee Violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Discrimination Follows them from Home to the US Border
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El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder
Further Efforts Needed to Prevent, Prosecute Hate Crimes
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El Salvador: Broad Powers Limit Accountability
No Answers on Covid-19 Test Results, Quarantine, Government Spending
