Geneva, Switzerland: Nicaragua is systematically working to stifle dissent, the UN's rights chief warned Thursday (Friday in Manila), pointing to swelling numbers of arbitrary detentions, thousands of NGOs shut down and "muzzling of the media".
Volker Turk told the United Nations Human Rights Council the country was beset by an intensifying "climate of oppression", an update that was harshly criticized by Nicaragua and its allies.
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