Nicaraguan government responsible for at least 8 deaths in custody since 2018, UN report finds
The report says state institutions carried out 161 enforced disappearances and at least eight deaths in custody as part of a systematic campaign against critics.
- On Tuesday, Human Rights Experts reported the government of President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is responsible for at least eight in-custody deaths since 2018.
- Following 2018 mass protests and recent canceled elections, the government led by Ortega and Murillo has crushed dissent across Nicaragua.
- Experts highlighted inconsistencies regarding Indigenous Miskito leader Brooklyn Rivera, who died in May after 32 months in custody; an independent assessment from Physicians called government explanations "not medically coherent."
- The Group demanded the government release information on 29 people whose whereabouts remain unknown and return Rivera's body for traditional burial, though the government did not respond.
- A State resorting to enforced disappearance and allowing deaths in custody falls short of minimum Human Rights standards required for credible democratic governance, said Jan-Michael Simon, the Group's chair.
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President Daniel Ortega, an 80-year-old former left-wing guerrilla, and his wife and co-president Rosario Murillo, 75, govern with absolute power and strong control over society, especially after protests in 2018 that left some 300 dead, according to the UN. Since then, 161 cases of "forced disappearance" have been recorded and the death of eight people detained for political reasons, said a report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Human…
Nicaragua govt responsible for at least 8 deaths in custody since 2018: UN
The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since it began its crackdown on dissent and assault of democratic institutions in 2018, UN experts said Tuesday. The report from the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua was the latest condemnation of the government of married co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which has crushed dissent since 2018 mass protests and recently cancelled elections. “…
Nicaragua's crackdown on opponents amounts to crimes against humanity, UN experts say
GENEVA, Sept 22 - Nicaragua's state institutions have together carried out enforced disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention of political opponents, conduct that amounts to crimes against humanity, according to a report published on Tuesday by UN experts. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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