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Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy

·November 9, 2024·1 min read

In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – found authorities have used physical and psychological violence, including threats of intimidation, beatings and prolonged solitary confinement against both students and faculty. Some of these cases could...

World News in Brief: UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua

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·November 8, 2023·3 min read

That’s the message from the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system to support the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, these most vulnerable economies urgently require foreign investment to add...

Crimes against humanity likely committed in Nicaragua, says independent rights probe

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·March 3, 2023·1 min read

Unveiling their first report to be delivered to the Human Rights Council on Friday, the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua urged the international community to impose sanctions on those responsible. The experts concluded that President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo “put into practice these crimes” which continue today. ‘Widespread and...

UN rights chief reports on intensified ‘climate of oppression’ in Nicaragua

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·December 16, 2022·2 min read

Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Türk reported that the number of people arbitrarily detained – either for expressing their political views, or for being perceived as critics of the Government – rose from 195 in September to 225 today. “This includes relatives of detained political opponents,...

Amid ‘inhumane’ conditions, Bachelet urges Nicaragua to release all detainees |

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·June 16, 2022·4 min read

Delivering her latest update on the country to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ms. Bachelet said scores of people remain locked up in the wake of political, human rights and electoral crises over the past four years. Widespread protests broke out in Nicaragua in April 2018 after President...