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Heavily armed police guard the streets in down town San Salvador, El Salvador
by Ceren Sagir
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH condemned social media posts of Salvadorean police which show gang suspects being arrested, calling the government’s strategy “first arrest, then tweet, investigate later.”
El Salvador Defence Minister Rene Merino praised the extension by congress of emergency measures following the arrest of more than 17,000 suspected gang members in a month.
He said that the measures are having a positive effect in the battle against gang violence.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
