El Salvador: Open Letter on the Anti-Maras Act

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Index Number: AMR 29/009/2003
Date Published: 1 December 2003
Categories: Americas, El Salvador

This open letter sets out Amnesty International's concerns regarding the Anti-Maras Act (AMA). AMA is problematic in many respects, since it is based on mistaken, untenable premises such as the need to penalise people on the basis of their appearance and social background.