![HRW: El Salvador criminal law amendments violate basic due process guarantees and children’s rights](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/Nayib-Bukele.jpg)
The criminal law amendments passed by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly infringe “basic due process guarantees and children’s rights,” according to a statement issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday. The amendments were proposed by President Nayib Bukele in response to several instances of deadly gang-related violence, which killed about 62 people on March 26 alone. [...]