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State continues to undermine the right to protest and expression
Published at
10.12.2018
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- women
- intimidation

La criminalización de activistas y manifestantes sigue obligando a muchos a irse del país
Published at
19.11.2018
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- protest
- non state actors
- excessive force
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- women
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment

Concern after brutal attack on women HRDs in prison
Published at
27.11.2018
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- attack on HRD
- censorship
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- non state actors

Two leaders of Nicaraguan protests sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
Published at
22.02.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Human rights defenders in Nicaragua subjected to criminalisation, defamation and harassment
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- harassment
- protest
- attack on journalist
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Political prisoners released while repression of protests continues
Published at
19.04.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- release of HRDs
- time,place restrictions
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained

Nicaragua remembers a year of uprisings and government repression
Published at
16.08.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- non state actors

Nicaragua conmemora un año de protestas y de represión gubernamental
Published at
19.08.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
- youth
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- torture/ill-treatment
- positive CS development

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reports persistent repression of dissent in Nicaragua
Published at
01.10.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- LGBTI
- women
- censorship
- youth
- attack on HRD
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained

ACNUDH: Persiste la represión de la disidencia en Nicaragua
Published at
08.10.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- LGBTI
- youth
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
New law undermines civil and political rights
Published at
16.06.2016
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- prevention of protest
- intimidation

Civil society outlawed in practice by Nicaragua’s authorities
Published at
05.07.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- censorship
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- harassment
- travel ban
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- sexual assault
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
Authorities scrap proposals to regulate free expression during elections
Published at
12.08.2016
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments

Protests against building of the Great Canal continue in Nicaragua
Published at
12.10.2016
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- protest

Brutal repression of protests against Nicaragua Canal
Published at
15.12.2016
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest

Protests against Ortega and Canal continue to face repression
Published at
30.01.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- excessive force
- protest

Serious threats to women human rights defenders in Nicaragua
Published at
22.05.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- HRD threatened

Nicaraguan activists intimidated and threatened for civic and human rights efforts
Published at
27.03.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- women
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest

Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued
Published at
01.08.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- excessive force
- protest
- environmental rights
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
- land rights

Land rights defender arbitrarily detained for over 40 hours
Published at
24.09.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- women
- land rights