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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
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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
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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
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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
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Political prisoners in Nicaragua under serious risk
- Published at
- 07.02.2023
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
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Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
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Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms
- Published at
- 08.12.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
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Nicaragua: continúan las clausuras de medios de comunicación
- Published at
- 02.11.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- restrictive law
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Nicaragua: media shutdowns continue
- Published at
- 31.10.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- restrictive law
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Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable
- Published at
- 02.09.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- HRD prosecuted
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- women
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- labour rights
- protest
- self censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- restrictive law
- CSO closure
- harassment
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
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Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel
- Published at
- 23.08.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- office raid
- censorship
- religious groups
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- harassment
- women
- labour rights
- travel ban
- HRD prosecuted
- indigenous groups
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- self censorship
- youth
- protest
- protest disruption