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Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

Nicaragua announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, stating it was a sovereign and irrevocable decision, as expressed by Rosario Murillo.
Rosario Murillo dismissed the UN report's accusations of human rights violations as falsehoods and slander.
The government accused the UN experts of politicization and interfering in Nicaragua's internal affairs in its formal letter to the OHCHR president.
The UN report claimed that under the government, Nicaragua has experienced patterns of abuse as crimes against humanity.

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Reuters

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Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by President Daniel Ortega's government.

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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Orinoco Tribune

Nicaragua Withdraws from UN Human Rights Council Alleging Double Standards

The Nicaraguan government announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in protest against the falsehoods and slanders against the country perpetrated at the institution. In a statement issued on Thursday, February 27, the Nicaraguan authorities stated that the UNHRC has become a platform for those who are attempting to destabilize Nicaragua and are the perpetrators of numerous murders, abductions, and violations of…

2 days ago

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telesurtv.net

Nicaragua announced its withdrawal from ILO and IOM

The co-president of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, told the Secretary General of the ILO about the recurrent and improper processes that demonstrate the organization’s denaturalization. The Government of Nicaragua, on Friday, notified the International Labour Organization, ILO, and the International Organization for Migration, IOM, of the sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from both organizations. READ ALSO: Nicaragua withdraws from the…

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Firstpost News

Nicaragua withdraws from Migration and Labour Organizations amid human rights criticism

The declaration comes a day after Ortega's administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, after experts selected by the organisation accused Nicaragua of rampant repression

2 days ago·Mumbai, India

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Malay Mail

Nicaragua quits two more international organisations

SAN JOSE, March 1 — Nicaragua said yesterday that it would leave the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization, extending its retreat from multilateral bodies following criticism of its human rights record. The two organisations “do not fulfil the mission for which they were created,” said Rosario Murillo, who co-governs with her husband, President Daniel Ortega. “We reiterate our irrevocable, firm positi…

3 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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KRDO

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Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council after expert group report

CNN en Español The Nicaraguan government announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, rejecting a recent report by a group of UN experts that stated that the Nicaraguan Army “actively” participated in the repression of anti-government demonstrations in 2018. In a letter sent to the president of the Council, Jürg Lauber, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Valdrack Jaentschke, accused the Human Rights Council o…

3 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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