UN experts accuse Nicaragua's government of abuses …
Feb 29, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of …
UN details Nicaragua government's intensifying violent …
Sep 3, 2024 · A report from the United Nations released on Tuesday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including an intensifying crackdown on dissent...
Nicaragua has committed executions, crimes against humanity, …
Mar 3, 2023 · It names President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, who is his wife, as participants in the violations and calls for international legal action and sanctions against those...
New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis
Sep 3, 2024 · The violent crackdown by security forces directed by the Government of President Daniel Ortega resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, and severe restrictions on freedoms of expression,...
Nicaragua’s Ortega offers ‘Sandinista’ fighters to Maduro after ...
Aug 28, 2024 · Nicaragua’s strongman President Daniel Ortega has offered to send “Sandinista fighters” to Venezuela in support of his embattled fellow authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, in case there is...
Nicaragua accused by human rights experts of abuses ... - NBC News
Feb 29, 2024 · A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts accused Nicaragua's government under President Daniel Ortega of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity.”
"It's completely Orwellian": How Daniel Ortega tightened his ... - CBS News
Oct 31, 2021 · Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has had his political opponents beaten and thrown in jail and passed legislation making criticism of the government a form of treason.
Daniel Ortega has won the Nicaragua presidency in an election …
Nov 8, 2021 · Nicaragua's leader Daniel Ortega says he was overwhelmingly elected president for a fourth consecutive term Sunday. But critics, including leaders around the world, say the elections were a...
UN rights group says Nicaragua executed 40 people | AP News
Mar 3, 2023 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.N. human rights groups said Thursday the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega executed at least 40 people and ordered hospitals not to treat demonstrators wounded in antigovernment protests.
UN experts accuse Nicaragua government of crimes against …
Mar 3, 2023 · Human rights experts are calling for sanctions against President Daniel Ortega’s government. Ortega, now aged 77, first came to power as a leader of the left-wing Sandinista movement that ...