Nicaragua: Persecution Beyond Borders Exile and Transnational Human Rights Violations
The Nicaraguan Government is extending its repression of critics far beyond its own borders, UN independent rights experts told journalists in Geneva on Tuesday, as they presented a new report to the Human Rights Council.
The Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua said that opponents in exile are being stripped of their nationality, denied passports and targeted through digital surveillance, property confiscation and threats to relatives still inside the country.
“Their entire life is systematically dismantled, beginning with their uprooting and erosion of legal identity, cascading into economic collapse, social isolation, and pervasive surveillance,” said chairperson Jan-Michael Simon.
