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Nicaragua strips lawyers from practicing in ongoing crackdown on dissent
Reed Brody said at least 20 lawyers were affected, and the removals came without explanation as authorities erased names and license numbers from the registry.
- Nicaragua's government stripped masses of lawyers of their licenses in recent days without official notification, in what a United Nations expert described Friday as a "purge of the legal profession" aimed at eroding democratic checks and balances.
- President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo have carried out an all-out crackdown on dissent since 2018, imprisoning adversaries and shutting down more than 5,000 organizations including religious groups and local clubs.
- Exiled in Costa Rica since 2022, human rights defender Juan Diego Barberena discovered his license was removed Thursday, joining at least 25 other colleagues similarly stripped of certification in what he called "totalitarian control."
- American human rights lawyer Reed Brody noted the move affects Nicaraguans living abroad and those practicing non-political law, with the full scope appearing to include at least hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers affected.
- The crackdown prevents lawyers, experts, and academics from participating in the country's institutions, with Barberena describing it as an "arbitrary measure to punish political dissent" while consolidating the dictatorship's control over the legal system.
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The regime removes from the register of justice the credentials of hundreds of professionals inside and outside the country, who are unable to exercise the profession without being notified by anyone
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right3Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Left
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