Nicaragua Strips Citizenship From Hundreds Days After Prisoner Release
The government of Nicaragua has stripped more than 300 political opponents of their citizenship over the past week, in another
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Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents of citizenship
Analysts, legal experts and human rights groups condemn the move, which they say violates international law. Nicaragua has stripped 94
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US condemns Nicaragua’s imprisonment of outspoken bishop
Bishop Roland Alvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison after refusing to join other political prisoners in exile. The
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US top envoy calls for ‘dialogue’ in rare call with Nicaragua FM
Blinken calls for dialogue in the rare high-level contact between the countries, a day after 222 prisoners released. US Secretary
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Spain offers citizenship to freed Nicaraguan political prisoners
The announcement comes after Nicaragua’s legislature moved to strip released prisoners of their citizenship. Spanish officials say they have offered
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Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Political Prisoners to the United States
Nicaragua released 222 political prisoners early Thursday, including an American citizen, in a deal negotiated with Washington that marks one
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US rights groups slam Biden’s ‘unacceptable’ asylum restrictions
Migration rights advocates in the United States have condemned the Biden administration’s new border restrictions for asylum seekers, saying the
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Rights experts decry shut down of civic space in Nicaragua
Clément Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Association, and Pedro Vaca Villareal, IACHR Special Rapporteur on Freedom
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US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says | Elections News
Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude. Nicaragua will not allow the new
Read moreHuman Rights Council adopts 16 resolutions – Establishes a group of human rights experts on Nicaragua, and extends mandates on South Sudan, freedom of religion or belief, human rights and counter terrorism, and on the right food – World
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 16 resolutions, in which it established a group of human rights experts on
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