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Bukele mega-prison causes global concern

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Organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture, manifests itself against mega prison

Bukele mega-prison causes global concern

Organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture, manifests itself against mega prison from the president Naib Bukele in El Salvador.

Organizations note that with the megajail they violation of an individual’s rights of people imprisoned.

The UN, in its Committee against Torture, believes that there is a risk that the Detention Center for Terrorism (CECOT) will become place of torture or ill-treatment towards the detainees.

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Human Rights Watch He also expressed concern that access to data leak from the prison where they were shown mass rapes the process of depriving people of their liberty.

Tamara Tarachuk Broner, acting director for the Americas at Human Rights Watch, said:

“The data show that the Salvadoran authorities subjected the detainees, including hundreds of childrento extreme overcrowding in overcrowded detention centers, and who have done little to ensure access to justice for victims of serious gang abuse.”

Not only these but also many other NGOs against belonging violation of an individual’s rights What guarantee HE commit in El Salvadorbut despite showing his dissent, President Bukele intends to carry out his mega-prison plan by imprisoning thousands of gang members.

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El Salvador allows arrests without a warrant, which has led to the arrest of even about 1000 children according to Human Rights Watch. This was done thanks to age of responsibility decreased from 16 years old to 12 years old.

bukele protects mega prison where they will be imprisoned 40,000 gang members that they will be in common rooms, from which they will leave for a very short time, in addition to “penalty cells”, where there are no lights or windows.

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Worrying is the fact that can’t count A rehabilitationprisoners they are not treated like peopletherefore, these organizations believe that he will become very cruel and dangerous prison.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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