At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says

New Indian Express  

SAN SALVADOR: At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organization Humanitarian Legal Relief. In March 2022, Bukele announced a “state of exception,” waiving many constitutional rights to combat the gangs that have terrorized the Central American nation. Since then, El Salvador has arrested 80,000 people – more than 1% of the country’s population – throwing them into prison, often with little evidence of their ties to gangs and almost no access to due process. According to the NGO report, “of these deaths, 44% died of violent death, serious torture, 29% due to lack of medical attention.” While the government is accused of committing mass human rights abuses in their crackdown, Bukele remains highly popular in El Salvador because the homicide rates sharply dipped following the detentions.

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Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador’s Cecot prison
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador’s Cecot prison

CNN  

Tecoluca, El Salvador CNN — Sunlight pours into the cavernous building. This is Cecot — El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center — and the men are known as the “worst of the worst.” Mass murderers, drug dealers and gangsters, they are accused of once holding El Salvador hostage, gripping the nation with fear as they ruled cities and streets. We don’t …

Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?
3 months ago

Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?

LA Times  

The last time I was in El Salvador, nearly a decade ago, the capital was gripped by the violence of gangs who terrified people — dictating where they could shop, work, go to school or even cross a street. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele gives a speech during the inauguration of an industrial data center in Ciudad Arce, El Salvador. …

Human rights body urges El Salvador to end state of emergency
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Human rights body urges El Salvador to end state of emergency

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs. The regional human rights body noted that plunging rates of violence in El Salvador made clear that the state of emergency …

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says security sustainable without a state of emergency
3 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says security sustainable without a state of emergency

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Nearly 2½ years into a state of emergency that has suspended key civil liberties in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele says the security advances achieved are sustainable without what was supposed to be a temporary measure. Each month, El Salvador’s congress, which is comfortably controlled by Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies, approves another …

Several NGOs start a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador as anti-gang crackdown continues
4 months ago

Several NGOs start a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador as anti-gang crackdown continues

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Several nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday launched a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador, a tool meant to help families with relatives who disappeared during the country’s extended state of emergency that was declared to battle street gangs. While the government is accused of committing mass human rights abuses in the crackdown, Bukele remains highly …

More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador, HRW says
5 months, 1 week ago

More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador, HRW says

Hindustan Times  

By Nelson Renteria More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador, HRW says SAN SALVADOR, - More than 60 children in El Salvador have been arbitrarily detained, tortured and beaten since the government declared a state of emergency over two years ago to combat gangs, a report by the Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Police and soldiers …

Children victimized in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown, rights group alleges
5 months, 1 week ago

Children victimized in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown, rights group alleges

LA Times  

Thousands of poverty-stricken children in El Salvador have suffered arbitrary detention, torture and other abuse as part of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs,” Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. “Many have been convicted on overly broad charges and in unfair trials that deny due process,” according to the report, which Human Rights Watch says is based …

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
5 months, 1 week ago

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says

Hindustan Times  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele's 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says Under a state of emergency originally declared in 2022 and …

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
5 months, 1 week ago

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. “People have died in El Salvador’s prisons and jails because of torture, a lack of food, unhealthy conditions, an inhuman lack of attention and cruel, inhuman …

Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity ‘megaprison’ for gang members as part of a crackdown
6 months, 1 week ago

Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity ‘megaprison’ for gang members as part of a crackdown

Associated Press  

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison,” part of the government’s larger crackdown on gang violence and efforts to overhaul its long-troubled prison system. President Xiomara Castro unveiled a series of emergency measures in a nationally televised address early Saturday, including plans to strengthen the military’s role in fighting organized crime, …

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown
6 months, 1 week ago

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown

Al Jazeera  

President Xiomara Castro says new measures including ‘terrorist’ designations for gang members are in response to public complaints about rising violence. In a late-night televised address to the nation, President Xiomara Castro said on Friday the “plan of solutions against crime” was in response to a “security emergency” and public complaints about increasing violence. Flanked by members of Honduras’s National …

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR — At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organization Humanitarian Legal Relief. According to the NGO report, “of these deaths, 44% died of violent death, serious torture, 29% due to lack of medical attention.” While the government is accused …

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It's now been in effect for two years
9 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It's now been in effect for two years

The Independent  

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El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It’s now been in effect for two years
9 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It’s now been in effect for two years

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. Bukele has used emergency powers to round up 78,175 suspected gang members in sweeps that rights groups say are often arbitrary, based on a person’s appearance or where they live. El Salvador’s homicide …

El Salvador’s president jailed 1% of the population. Their children are paying the price
10 months ago

El Salvador’s president jailed 1% of the population. Their children are paying the price

LA Times  

A family member shows a phone photo of Juana Guadalupe Recinos Ventura, who was detained in June 2022 during El Salvador’s crackdown on drugs. “I’m scared, feeling like they could come and they could take away someone else in my family.” Forty thousand children have seen one parent or both detained in President Nayib Bukele’s nearly two-year war on El …

The president jailed 1 per cent of El Salvador''s population. Their children are paying the consequences
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The president jailed 1 per cent of El Salvador''s population. Their children are paying the consequences

Hindustan Times  

Santa Ana, Feb 10 Tears welled in Alex's eyes and he pressed his head into his hands as he thought about more than a year of birthdays and holidays without his mother, who was swept up by El Salvador's police as she walked to work in a clothing factory. “I'm scared, feeling like they could come and they could take …

The president seized 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children pay the consequences
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The president seized 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children pay the consequences

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’m scared, feeling like they …

‘Coolest dictator’ to ‘philosopher king,’ Nayib Bukele’s path to reelection in El Salvador
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Coolest dictator’ to ‘philosopher king,’ Nayib Bukele’s path to reelection in El Salvador

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator” or as his X profile read on election day, the “Philosopher King.” Now he’ll likely have five more years to provoke, surprise and raise concerns, after appearing to win a landslide reelection as the Central American country’s president. Bukele vowed to ignore the ruling and tweeted: …

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term
10 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. “It will be the first time in a country that just one party exists in a completely democratic system,” Bukele said, adding that “the entire opposition together was pulverized.” Bukele …

El Salvador’s Bukele has everyone’s attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution
10 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador’s Bukele has everyone’s attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. Patrons sit at a food store decorated with a mural of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election, in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. To some, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is a national hero who beat back the …

‘Unwaveringly loyal’: Why El Salvador’s Bukele is poised for re-election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Unwaveringly loyal’: Why El Salvador’s Bukele is poised for re-election

Al Jazeera  

President Nayib Bukele seeks to consolidate his power in Sunday’s vote, despite an outcry over human rights violations. “It doesn’t matter if they want to write negative things about the president,” he said of Bukele’s critics, among them non-governmental organisations. “I’ve walked through the dangerous communities, and until those NGOs walk through those streets, they won’t understand that this isn’t …

El Salvador’s vice president admits mistakes in war on gangs but denies country is ‘police state’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador’s vice president admits mistakes in war on gangs but denies country is ‘police state’

LA Times  

El Salvador’s government has “made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs but has never undermined the country’s democracy in a bid to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be reelected vice president. Félix Ulloa, temporarily on leave as El Salvador’s vice president while he runs for reelection alongside Nayib Bukele, defended his government’s controversial crackdown in …

El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is ‘not a police state’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is ‘not a police state’

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador’s government “made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs, but has never undermined the country’s democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be reelected vice president. Ulloa acknowledged that in their administration’s mass detention of citizens the government imprisoned thousands of people who had not committed any crime, something he said …

The state of exception in Honduras is endangering innocent lives
1 year ago

The state of exception in Honduras is endangering innocent lives

Al Jazeera  

When Honduran President Xiomara Castro was elected in November 2021 after running on an anticorruption platform and promising to tackle the country’s disastrous human rights record and sky-high homicide and extortion rates, hopes ran high. In December 2022, less than a year after taking office as Honduras’s first woman president, Castro declared a state of exception covering parts of the …

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports
1 year ago

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele ’s harsh anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday. The rights group claimed that the almost 74,000 people jailed in the crackdown were subjected to “systematic use of torture and …

Detainees in El Salvador’s gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail
1 year ago

Detainees in El Salvador’s gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The day he was arrested, Luis was in a government office trying to get a document attesting to his clean criminal history so he could apply for a call center job. Denying it repeatedly was useless, he recalled, because “at that time people didn’t have rights.” That was April 2022, the month after El Salvador President Nayib …

UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti’s once peaceful central region
1 year ago

UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti’s once peaceful central region

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs are invading Haiti’s rural central region, suffocating a once peaceful area that served as the country’s food basket but that is now plagued by kidnappings, killings and rapes, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday. Only a handful of powerful gangs operate in Lower Artibonite, a region located north of the Port-au-Prince capital, but …

Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says
1 year, 2 months ago

Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Growing gang violence in Haiti …

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members
1 year, 2 months ago

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

Associated Press  

TECOLUCA, El Salvador — With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. President Nayib Bukele ordered its construction when El Salvador began making massive arrests early last year in response to a surge in gang violence. Melvin Alexander Alvarado, a 34-year-old “soldier” …

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members
1 year, 2 months ago

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing …

El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members
1 year, 2 months ago

El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador sent more than 4,000 security forces into three communities on the outskirts of the capital to root out gang members Wednesday, as President Nayib Bukele prepared to request another extension of emergency powers to combat crime. “We won’t allow small remnants to regroup and take away the peace that has cost so much.” …

El Salvador’s leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing
1 year, 3 months ago

El Salvador’s leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, crediting his administration’s will against international criticism over human rights violations. Bukele said that if El Salvador had listened to external critics — including some at the United Nations — the tiny Central American country …

El Salvador's leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing
1 year, 3 months ago

El Salvador's leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy El Salvador President Nayib Bukele …

UN says number of people killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti rose 14% in recent months
1 year, 3 months ago

UN says number of people killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti rose 14% in recent months

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.N. said Thursday that 1,860 people were reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June, a 14% increase compared with the first three months of the year. The surge in gang violence remains centered in the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, with nearly 300 people alone killed or injured by …

Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America?
1 year, 4 months ago

Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America?

Al Jazeera  

A harsh crackdown on gangs has brought Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele popularity, but experts say the cost is steep. “When massive rights violations become commonplace, it’s very rare for this to result in lasting peace,” said Noah Bullock, executive director of the Salvadoran rights group Cristosal, which has monitored rights violations under the state of exception. “The magnitude of the …

El Salvador sends 8,000 troops, police to rural province in gang crackdown
1 year, 4 months ago

El Salvador sends 8,000 troops, police to rural province in gang crackdown

Al Jazeera  

President Nayib Bukele said 7,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers have been deployed to Cabanas to hunt down gang members. Thousands of Salvadoran soldiers and police officers on Tuesday surrounded the central agricultural region of Cabanas – home to some 150,000 people – as part of President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang activity. Bukele imposed a state of emergency in …

El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown
1 year, 4 months ago

El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown

Al Jazeera  

El Salvador’s justice minister says up to 900 alleged gang members could be prosecuted at once under the new law. El Salvador’s Congress has approved group trials for the tens of thousands of people arrested during President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on criminal gangs, which has given the country one of the world’s highest incarceration rates. Wednesday’s legislation will allow prosecutors …

Honduras wants to build West’s only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside
1 year, 5 months ago

Honduras wants to build West’s only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside

Associated Press  

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador’s unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion. “A new prison is quite useless if you don’t first regain control of the others you already have,” said Tiziano Breda, a Latin …

Honduras copies El Salvador’s playbook in anti-gang crackdown
1 year, 5 months ago

Honduras copies El Salvador’s playbook in anti-gang crackdown

Associated Press  

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation’s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele, observers said Tuesday. “It’s the same phenomenon,” said retired police commissioner Henry Osorto, but added that the crackdowns should be scrutinized to see whether “standards and international treaties are being …

Guns, grenades and deadly riots: The struggle for control of some of Central America’s most notorious prisons
1 year, 6 months ago

Guns, grenades and deadly riots: The struggle for control of some of Central America’s most notorious prisons

The Independent  

It is one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence Honduras has faced within its long-troubled prison system. Such violence is an issue that has plagued the Honduras prison system for two decades and beyond – with the National Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras calling on authorities to step up their efforts to try and contain gangs, who control many …

More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot

Al Jazeera  

A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday has left at least 41 women dead in an outburst of violence that the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries. — Xiomara Castro de Zelaya June 20, 2023 Local media interviewed one injured inmate outside the hospital who said prisoners belonging …

Investigating El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
1 year, 6 months ago

Investigating El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs

Al Jazeera  

A crackdown on gangs in El Salvador drops the murder rate in the country by more than 50 percent, but at what price? It has been more than a year since El Salvador declared a state of emergency as part of President Nayib Bukele’s promise to crack down on gangs. But, in the process, the government arrested almost 70,000 people …

153 Prisoners Die In El Salvador Jail, The Cruelest In The World
1 year, 6 months ago

153 Prisoners Die In El Salvador Jail, The Cruelest In The World

News 18  

Speaking of the most dangerous prisons in the world, the El Salvador jail tops the list. But, in El Salvador jail, the conditions of the prisoners are so deplorable that many reportedly die within the correctional facility. Known as the cruellest jail to ever exist, the accused prisoners were reportedly herded like cattle, their head bowed, walking like zombies in …

El Salvador ex-president sentenced to 14 years over gang talks
1 year, 6 months ago

El Salvador ex-president sentenced to 14 years over gang talks

Al Jazeera  

Mauricio Funes, who currently lives in Nicaragua, denies the charges and says 2012 truce was brokered by the church. A court in El Salvador has sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs during his administration. Over the past year, several thousand suspected gang members have been rounded up as part of current President …

Security forces in El Salvador surround town after officer is killed
1 year, 7 months ago

Security forces in El Salvador surround town after officer is killed

CNN  

CNN — Thousands of security forces in El Salvador surrounded a northern town on Wednesday in a bid to arrest those behind the alleged gang-related killing of a police officer, according to President Nayib Bukele. “They will pay dearly for the murder of our hero,” Bukele said on Twitter, saying some 5,000 members of the armed forces and 500 police …

El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce
1 year, 7 months ago

El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy El Salvador opened a trial …

‘Criminalising journalism’: Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Criminalising journalism’: Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate

Al Jazeera  

The Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says the Bukele government has attacked the country’s press and eroded rule of law. “We have faced physical surveillance and threats, Pegasus spyware attacks, harassment of advertisers, and defamation from public officials and ruling-party legislators.” The decision comes as human rights and press freedom groups express growing concern over the state of democracy and …

OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights
1 year, 8 months ago

OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Inter American Commission on …

Human rights body urges El Salvador's government to lift year-long suspension of constitutional rights
1 year, 8 months ago

Human rights body urges El Salvador's government to lift year-long suspension of constitutional rights

Firstpost  

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a branch of the Washington-based Organization of American States, issued a statement urging President Nayib Bukele and his congressional supporters to restore rights suspended under the so-called state of exception San Salvador: On Thursday, a regional human rights group urged El Salvador’s government to lift a year-long suspension of constitutional rights imposed as part …

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