UN experts accuse Nicaragua's government of ... - Associated Press News
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 crackdown …
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, his wife, as participants in the violations and calls for international legal action and sanctions against those involved.
Nicaragua’s Ortega offers ‘Sandinista’ fighters to Maduro after ...
Aug 28, 2024 · CNN — 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...
Nicaraguan congress gives legal footing to ... - Associated Press News
Sep 4, 2024 · The proposal from President Daniel Ortega was approved unanimously in the state party controlled legislature. Opponents and organizations that have fled or been forced into exile in Ortega’s years-long campaign to silence critical voices could be fined, sentenced to lengthy prison terms and see their property seized by the government under ...
Nicaragua strips citizenship from 135 prisoners released to …
Sep 10, 2024 · Nicaragua said Tuesday it was revoking the citizenship and seizing the property of 135 people who were expelled from the country last week after serving prison sentences in a government crackdown on dissent.
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.”
The Ortega regime has officially withdrawn Nicaragua from the OAS
Nov 21, 2023 · The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo officially announced Nicaragua’s withdrawal from the Organization of American States (OAS). This process began two years ago after they...
Nicaragua presidential election 2021: Daniel Ortega | CNN
Nov 8, 2021 · President Daniel Ortega, along with his wife and Vice President, Rosario Murillo, have been undermining Nicaraguan democracy for years, according to critics and human rights groups.
Biden targets Nicaragua’s gold in new move against President Daniel Ortega
Oct 25, 2022 · The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, threatening a ban on Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold...