UN experts say Nicaragua responsible for at least eight custody deaths
The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since its crackdown on dissent began in 2018, according to UN experts. The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua issued the finding in a report that also condemned the government’s treatment of opposition and democratic institutions.
The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since 2018, UN experts said on Tuesday. The finding was published by the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua. The group linked the deaths to the government’s crackdown on dissent and what it described as an assault on democratic institutions.
The report represents the latest condemnation by the UN experts of the government led by married co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, according to the supplied source material. The group said the authorities had crushed dissent following mass protests in 2018. The source also says the government had recently cancelled elections, although it does not provide details of the elections or the decision.
The report referred to enforced disappearance in a passage that is incomplete in the available material. It therefore does not provide the names of the people who died, the circumstances of the deaths, or the government’s response to the allegations. The UN experts’ conclusion adds to their criticism of Nicaragua’s handling of political opposition and state institutions.
Their figure of at least eight deaths covers the period since the crackdown began in 2018.
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