The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) called again on Friday the government of The Savior to guarantee respect for human rights during a controversial state of emergency that suspends individual guarantees in order to combat gangs in the Central American nation.
The organization highlighted the obligation of the authorities to guarantee due process and respect for freedoms during the application of the emergency regime, which the Congress It was temporarily approved in March but has been extended twice and is still in force.
“IACHR reiterates (…) its call to ensure that both prevention actions and those related to the investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes are implemented within the limits and procedures that guarantee respect for rights and human dignity,” he said in a statement.
The IACHR He explained that there are complaints that the authorities do not provide information about the detainees, the causes of their imprisonment and the places where they are being held, which has led to the agglomeration of family members outside the prisons requesting information.
The presidency did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The measures taken during the period have aroused strong criticism from international organizations that consider that human rights are being violated by arrest dozens of innocents so as not to harm the president’s security plan.
During the state of emergency, more than 36,000 people have been detained, including 1,190 minors under 18 years of age, accused of belonging to or collaborating with gangs, according to official figures.
Amnesty International (AI) denounced on Thursday that at least 18 people have died under the tutelage of the Salvadoran State during the emergency regime and that the authorities have committed “massive violations of human rights” such as torture and ill-treatment inside the detention centers against people processed .
In mid-May, Reuters reported that, in the midst of the state of emergency, the public force detained dozens of innocent people accused of belonging to gangs to meet arrest quotas imposed by their superiors.
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