SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - 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 have detained 3,319 children and teenagers from March 2022 to April this year - the time from when the state of emergency was introduced and suspended certain civil rights to the start of mass trials, according to the New York-based rights group.
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