El Salvador has extended the state of emergency imposed last month to crack down on gang violence amid concerns of human rights violations.
The country’s legislature approved a 30-day extension of the decree, which restricts the right to gather, to be informed of rights upon detention, and access to a lawyer, as well as allows phone calls and emails to be intercepted without a court order.
The new decree says that security conditions persist and urgently demand the extension due to the continuation of the circumstances which motivated it.