Posted by on March 12, 2021 2:15 am
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Demands for justice for Manuela, who died of cancer during 30-year sentence, taken to international court in country first

When Manuela, a 33-year-old mother of two from rural El Salvador, had a miscarriage in 2008, she did what most women would do: she went to hospital.

There she was handcuffed to her hospital bed, accused of having an abortion, and charged with aggravated homicide.

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