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Amnesty International Condemns UK Proposal to Transfer Prisoners to El Salvador

Amnesty International criticized proposals to send people convicted in the United Kingdom to Salvadoran prisons, warning that such transfers could make foreign governments complicit in arbitrary detention, overcrowding and alleged abuses.
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