💨 Abstract
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has expanded special emergency powers initially granted to tackle gang violence to prosecute a wide range of unrelated crime. Instances include anticorruption lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, detained for allegedly aiding a former employer. Constitutions rights are suspended, with extending detentions, delayed judicial processing, and arrests based on international donations. Lawyers denounce human rights violations and the criminalization of dissent.
Courtesy: WTOP Staff
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