El Salvador's Anti-Gang Crackdown Leads to Child Torture and Mass Arrests
TL;DR
Human Rights Watch reports that over 3,000 minors have been arbitrarily arrested and abused in El Salvador's prisons as part of President Nayib Bukele's mass antigang campaign. Many children, with no apparent gang connections, were targeted based on appearance or socioeconomic background, suffering beatings, torture, and deprivation of basic needs. Despite reducing the homicide rate and gaining popular support, Bukele's tactics have led to severe human rights violations.
Topics:worldhuman-rights#child-abuse#el-salvador#gang-crackdown#human-rights#human-rights-watch#nayib-bukele
- Children ‘tortured, abused’ in El Salvador’s prisons: Report Al Jazeera English
- El Salvador Children Tortured, Imprisoned In Gang Crackdown: HRW Barron's
- El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown ABC News
- “Your Child Does Not Exist Here” Human Rights Watch
- Thousands of children swept up in El Salvador mass arrests, rights body says The Guardian
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