UN rights chief denounces crackdown in Nicaragua

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 17, 2022 12:03 am

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.

In this file photo taken on May 20, 2022, Nicaraguan Catholic bishop Rolando Alvarez speaks to the press at the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas church in Managua. Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a critic of the government of Daniel Ortega and under house arrest since August, was charged on Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022, for the crimes of conspiracy and propagation of false news, a judicial body reported. AFP PHOTO

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