Nicaragua: reports of torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners Published at 24.01.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women torture/ill-treatment CSO closure harassment surveillance public vilification Read more
Nicaragua: denuncian casos de torturas y malos tratos a presos políticos Published at 31.01.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women torture/ill-treatment CSO closure harassment surveillance public vilification Read more
Nicaragua: prosecution and conviction of several political prisoners Published at 08.02.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women religious groups CSO closure negative court ruling sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua: juzgan y condenan a varios presos políticos Published at 15.02.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women religious groups CSO closure negative court ruling sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua: Sandinista hero and political prisoner Hugo Torres dies in police custody Published at 10.03.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women torture/ill-treatment CSO closure negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua: el héroe sandinista y preso político Hugo Torres muere bajo custodia policial Published at 22.03.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women torture/ill-treatment CSO closure negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica Published at 11.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure religious groups harassment travel ban HRD detained sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel Published at 23.08.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth protest disruption office raid CSO closure harassment travel ban prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship women indigenous groups religious groups labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable Published at 02.09.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth protest disruption office raid CSO closure harassment travel ban prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship women indigenous groups religious groups labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Nicaragua: media shutdowns continue Published at 31.10.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship torture/ill-treatment religious groups restrictive law Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Las muertes bajo custodia y las desapariciones forzadas aumenta la preocupación por la represión sistemática Published at 14.11.2025 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 Read more
