The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) approved a resolution on the democratic and human rights crisis in Nicaragua. The proclamation was led by the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh).
The resolution was approved during the closing ceremony of the 41st congress of the FIDHheld on the night of Thursday, October 27 in Paris, France, as reported by Cenidh, on Twitter.
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Among the proposals is the demand for the international community to pressure to “take the necessary measures to stop the serious and persistent violations of human rights, and prosecute and punish those responsible.”
The human rights violations in the country were also recognized, including the serious situation of the political prisoners held captive in the different prisons of Nicaragua, thus demanding their immediate freedom.
Serious violation of human rights
To approve the resolution, at the request of Cenidh, the International Federation of Human Rights considered that since April 2018, “Nicaragua is subjected to a serious political, social and human rights crisis that has resulted in at least 355 murders, more than 2,000 wounded.”
It also counted more than 1,614 people detained as a result of social protests, as well as more than 110,000 exiled people and the persistent violation of public liberties and the establishment of a state of terror characterized by the excessive use of police and parapolice forces. .
Regarding the cancellation of more than two thousand non-governmental organizations, FIDH condemned the “illegal” action carried out by the Nicaraguan regime, stating that the space for independent civil society in the country is disappearing.
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“As of July 18, 2022, the regime had closed more than 2,000 non-profit organizations in Nicaragua, the majority in 2022, using, among other baseless reasons, spurious laws such as the Foreign Agents Regulation Law approved in 2020,” State the reasons for the decision.
He also stressed that these cancellations are intended to eliminate any possible social and political vision that differs from that established by the regime. “This systematic harassment, characteristic of a totalitarian state, does not only concern political organizations or those defending human rights, but also religious, artistic, journalistic, educational, scientific, environmental and social organizations that are also victims of persecution.”
Based on what was exposed by the Cenidh, the FIDH condemned the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, affirming that the dictators have imposed in Nicaragua, the violation of the Rule of Law and the human rights of the Nicaraguan population and the impunity thereof.
At the same time, it demands that the Ortega government immediately release the more than 200 political prisoners, as well as the immediate end of the persecution of independent civil society, human rights organizations and defenders, and the return of legal personality and assets to the more than 2,000 non-governmental organizations that have been outlawed and their assets usurped.
