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Press Release
After Two Years of ICE Detention, Maura, a Transgender Woman from Nicaragua Regains Her Freedom
After a campaign to free Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman from Nicaragua, generated over 14,000 emails to the ICE San…
July 13, 2021
Report
Government Tactics to Silence Criticism and Social Demands Deepen Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua
Since the current human rights erupted in Nicaragua in 2018, the government has clamped down on all forms of dissent…
February 15, 2021
Press Release
Costa Rica: Attack on television station is deeply concerning
Last Saturday, an improvised explosive device exploded in front of the premises of Teletica, in San José de Costa Rica,…
July 30, 2019
Press Release
Nicaragua: Ortega government continues to violate the right to freedom of press
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day and more than a year since the Nicaraguan government launched its strategy of repression…
May 2, 2019
Press Release
Costa Rica: Authorities must guarantee the human rights of people fleeing the crisis in Nicaragua
The international community must support Costa Rica in its efforts to receive, protect and support people fleeing the human rights…
March 25, 2019
Press Release
Nicaragua: Report affirms the government of President Ortega has committed crimes against humanity
In response to the publication of the “Report on the Acts of Violence Occurred Between April 18 and May 30, 2018…
December 21, 2018
Report
Instilling terror: From lethal force to persecution in Nicaragua
From the beginning of June, the government of President Daniel Ortega intensified its strategy for repression in a so-called “clean-up”…
October 18, 2018
Press Release
Nicaragua: Amnesty International condemns killing of Brazilian medical student
In response to the fatal shooting of the Brazilian medical student Raynéia Gabrielle Lima in Nicaragua on 23 July, Jurema Werneck, executive director…
July 25, 2018
Press Release
Nicaragua: Government must end repression after three months of senseless slaughter
Three months after the government of President Daniel Ortega first unleashed its lethal strategy of repression on student demonstrators on…
July 18, 2018
Press Release
Nicaragua: State repression has reached deplorable levels
The repressive actions of the Nicaraguan government have reached deplorable levels, Amnesty International said today, after one of the bloodiest…
July 10, 2018
Press Release
Nicaragua: Government’s shameful denial of human rights violations is part of its strategy of repression
In response to the government of President Daniel Ortega’s outright rejection of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ report on…
June 22, 2018
Press Release
Nicaragua: Violence and state repression intensify despite numerous efforts at dialogue
Nicaragua remains mired in an ongoing cycle of violence, despite numerous efforts by Nicaraguan civil society for national dialogue and…
June 21, 2018