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Deaths in custody and enforced disappearances increase concern over systematic repression in Nicaragua
Published at
18.10.2025
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- public vilification
- transnational repression
- travel ban
Indigenous defenders killed amid ongoing land disputes; Civic freedoms crippled by Nicaragua’s new constitutional amendments
Published at
08.06.2025
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- land rights
Expulsan a 135 personas presas políticas y cierran 1500 OSC en un mes
Published at
15.11.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- travel ban
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
135 political prisoners expelled from Nicaragua; closure of 1,500 CSOs within one month
Published at
23.10.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- travel ban
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
Journalist disappeared after raid as repression intensifies in Nicaragua
Published at
02.08.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU
Published at
21.03.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists
Published at
05.03.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Nicaragua: The government continues deepening its strategies to shut down civic space
Published at
10.10.2023
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
CSOs demanded the release of journalist Víctor Ticay
Published at
19.07.2023
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Crackdown on human rights defenders continues in Nicaragua
Published at
30.05.2023
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- CSO closure
Political prisoners in Nicaragua under serious risk
Published at
07.02.2023
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted