The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (d), and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo (i), in a file photograph. EFE/Rodrigo Sura
Geneva (EFE).- The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, as well as high commands of the National Police and other state entities have perpetrated serious and very diverse violations of the population’s rights, which are equated to crimes against humanity.
This conclusion has been reached by a group of UN human rights experts that was created to investigate and gather evidence of the situation in Nicaragua from the citizen protests of 2018, and which has presented its first report to the press in Geneva today. .
The crimes against humanity of which Nicaragua’s political and security leadership is accused cover a very broad spectrum of abuses, such as extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, sexual violence, as well as a level of censorship that prevents citizens participate in public affairs, express themselves, meet or exercise their freedom of conscience and religion.
