UN experts accuse Nicaragua's government of abuses …
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental organizations, state media La Gaceta reported Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, the latest in an ongoing crackdown that has seen the government toss out religious orders, charities and civic groups.
Nicaragua | Today's latest from Al Jazeera
WEBApr 30, 2024 · 19 Oct 2023. UN rights panel warns Nicaragua is being ‘stripped’ of critical voices. The panel estimated that 27 private universities have had their legal status revoked under President Daniel...
Nicaragua has committed executions, crimes against humanity, …
WEBMarch 3, 2023, 8:54 AM PST / Source: Reuters. By Reuters. Nicaragua’s government has committed serious and systematic violations which amount to crimes against humanity, a United...
Nicaragua’s democracy is crumbling. It’s been a long time coming
WEBJun 14, 2021 · Mexico City CNN — Nicaragua’s already fragile democracy is quickly backsliding into a dictatorship. President Daniel Ortega has spent the last week using the undisputed power of the country’s...
World Report 2024: Nicaragua | Human Rights Watch
WEBEnglish. Português. Español. Executive Director. The government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, continued to repress all forms of dissent and isolate...
World Report 2023: Nicaragua | Human Rights Watch
WEBIn November 2021, the US enacted a law to monitor, report on, and address corruption by the Ortega government and human rights abuses by Nicaraguan security forces. In September 2022, the...
‘Everyone Is on the List’: Fear Grips Nicaragua as It Veers to ...
WEBSep 5, 2021 · The wave of repression and fears of political violence have pushed thousands of Nicaraguans to flee the country in recent months, threatening to worsen a mass migration crisis at a time when the...
The Human Rights Situation in Nicaragua Continues to Erode, …
WEBMar 3, 2023 · The State of Nicaragua should conduct thorough investigations, ensure that those responsible were brought to justice, and provide full reparations to the affected communities. Ms. Brands Kehris said that as this update demonstrated, the human rights situation in Nicaragua continued to erode.
Amid ‘inhumane’ conditions, Bachelet urges Nicaragua to release …
WEBJun 16, 2022 · The human rights situation in Nicaragua has continued to decline over the past three months, with detainees being held in appalling conditions, civic space shrinking, and an “unprecedented”...
World Report 2022: Nicaragua | Human Rights Watch
WEBPolice, in coordination with armed pro-government groups, brutally repressed massive anti-government protests in 2018, leaving at least 328 dead, some 2,000 injured, and hundreds detained ...
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