Tag: Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH)

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Ortega admits armed and masked paramilitaries were a “volunteer police”

  

  Nicaragua's veteran leader Daniel Ortega defended brutal action by his forces against anti-government protesters, as the United States warned he and his wife were “ultimately responsible” for deaths and rights violations.

• Friday, June 15th 2018 - 10:48 UTC

  Ortega launches deadly police and paramilitary repression against activists in Nicaragua

  

  Activists faced off with Nicaraguan pro-government forces in hours of deadly clashes on Thursday amid a nationwide strike to protest government repression of dissent that has left at least 162 dead, including an altar boy. Despite the 24-hour work stoppage that gave the capital Managua the air of a ghost town, fierce unrest in other areas persisted, leaving at least four dead during pro-government attacks on activists guarding barricades.