SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations that amount to “crimes against humanity,” a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report called for President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, to be “held accountable by the international community” for widespread […]
The United Nations has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity” after an investigation into the expanding crackdown on political dissent. The government of President Daniel Ortega has gone after opponents for years, hitting a turning point during mass protests in 2018 that resulted in a violent […]