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Protesters demanding freedom of the press on 29 January 2015. In Ometepe, residents greeted a Nicaraguan government medical team with a banner that read "Traitor Ortega, no more lies", with activists in the area stating that the medical team only wanted their identification numbers so they could show that "you're in favor of the canal." [20]
The Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH), highlighted in the rescue of injured, detained or harassed protesters in the Nicaraguan Protests of 2018 announced on Sunday 5 August 2018 the temporary closure of their offices due to serious threats and siege by illegal armed groups sponsored and supported by the President of Nicaragua ...
On February 4, 2020, it was reported that the paper and ink of the newspaper La Prensa, which had been held at customs, were released. The newspaper confirmed that, with the assistance of the apostolic nuncio, a communication channel was established with the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) to facilitate the delivery of the previously retained material.
Ortega's crackdown on civil society, as well as the Catholic Church, has intensified since anti-government protests erupted in 2018. Authorities have shut down more than 5,000 civil society groups ...
1 May – The Government of Nicaragua rejected the Inter-American Human Rights Commission's request to investigate the violence surrounding the weeks of protest. [27]2 May – Student groups created a deadline for the Nicaraguan government to allow the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Human Rights Office to send in personnel to investigate the killings of ...
By Oswaldo Rivas MANAGUA (Reuters) - Catholic bishops on Saturday secured the release of dozens of Nicaraguan student protesters trapped overnight inside in a church under a hail of gunfire from ...
The U.S. State Department called Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States on Sunday “another step away from democracy.” ... After the protests were violently ...
The World Report published by the organisation in 2019 highlights various human rights violations believed to have occurred in Nicaragua during the protests. [13] They state that the government along with the National Police began the silencing of anti-government protesters through violent means, resulting in the deaths of 324 people (Sep 2019 ...