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"Human Rights Crisis in El Salvador: The Shift from Gang Violence to State Violence"

Amnesty International has criticized El Salvador's state of emergency, implemented to combat gang violence, as leading to a human rights crisis due to state violence and lack of due process. President Nayib Bukele's crackdown has resulted in the detention of 78,000 people, with reports of deaths in state custody and prison overcrowding. Despite the decrease in homicides, concerns about human rights violations persist, prompting warnings from rights groups as Bukele begins his second term with no indication of lifting the emergency provision.