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Nicaraguan government is cementing total control of the state and violating rights, UN experts warn

  • The Nicaraguan government has dismantled checks and balances and is violating human rights to cement total control, according to a UN experts report.
  • The constitutional reform passed last month put all government branches under the presidency of Ortega and Murillo, making them co-presidents.
  • UN experts urged legal action, expanded sanctions against responsible individuals, and protection for Nicaraguan exiles from the Ortega-Murillo government's repressive actions.
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El UniversoEl Universo

President of Nicaragua Sworn 30,000 Hooded as ‘Voluntary Police’ · Global Voices

The Nicaraguan government sworn on Wednesday to 30,000 civilians hooded as “voluntary police officers,” who are considered by the opposition to be paramilitaries destined to collaborate in political repression.

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Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force

Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force

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The UN presents evidence that involves the Nicaraguan Army in the commission of crimes against humanity

The United Nations Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua (GHREN) has dismantled one of the capital arguments of the Nicaraguan Army, specifically the pretext that they had avoided, as an institution, sanctions from the international community: that they did not participate in the repression of the social protests against the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in 2018. For the first time, the UN experts claim that they have “cred…

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The Nicaraguan Army participated in the repression of protests in Nicaragua in 2018, concludes a group of UN experts

CNN en Español The Nicaraguan Army participated “actively” in the repression of anti-government demonstrations in 2018, determined the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua, established by the United Nations (UN) to investigate these events. In a report presented this Wednesday, they warn that for the first time they were able to establish that the army commanded by President Daniel Ortega repressed together with the Police and “paramili…

·Idaho Falls, United States
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Nicaraguan government is cementing total control of the state and violating rights, UN experts warn

The Nicaraguan government has dismantled the last remaining checks and balances and was “systematically executing a strategy to cement total control of the country through severe human rights violations,” a panel of United Nations experts warned Wednesday.

·United States
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UN experts warn against decline of rule of law and human rights in Nicaragua

The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua warned on Wednesday that the regime of President Daniel Ortega transformed Nicaragua into an authoritarian state. UN experts call for international action. The UN group of experts released a new report on the situation in Nicaragua. The report details President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, carried out serious human rights violations as part of their plan to exercise…

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