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Nicaragua’s Absurd and Out-of-Control Repression

Since 2018, the Ortega dictatorship has sharpened its persecution against all Nicaraguans it considers opposed in any way to its mandate.

During the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, experts point to a systematic deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua.

“Torture is the everyday bread there inside. I asked for painkillers & the warden said that if I continued begging for pills, they’d beat me”

As time goes by, questions & speculations about the immigration program multiply, but there are no concrete answers for those who benefitted.

The young muralist was prohibited from finishing the mural of Miss Universe, Sheynnis Palacios, in Esteli.

“Asylum seekers we spoke to at the border said that they had actually watched the security forces open fire and shoot and kill protesters.”

The idea of migrant crime is based on a false & xenophobic thesis, on a lie that seeks to construct the idea of migrants as dangerous people.

The president of Guatemala explains why he agreed to receive the latest group of 135 banished Nicaraguan political prisoners.

The philosopher & sociologist was in prison for ten months for expressing his opinion on social media. “I’m going to keep doing it,” he says.

Three students and two professionals explain why going back to Nicaragua isn’t in their plans, as they contemplate a future in other lands.