World IN BRIEF : EL SALVADOR : Rights Abuses Condemned by U.N.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A U.N. report rebuked the government of El Salvador for alleged abuses of humanitarian, labor and peasant organizations and said that “death squad” slayings, summary executions and torture have persisted since the massacre of six Jesuit priests by soldiers a year ago. The report by a special human rights representative blames both the U.S.-backed conservative government and rebels for the continuation of violence.
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