Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/UNITED NATIONS: A human rights team of the United Nations has said that Nicaragua’s government has committed gruesome and systematic crimes against humanity and should be subjected to international sanctions.
The three-person body said that the government has committed and is still committing acts of torture, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial executions since 2018. It said President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and Vice-President Rosario Murillo are participating in the gruesome violations.
Chairman of the team Jan Simon, said that the objective of Nicaragua’s government is to eradicate by different means any dissenting voices in the country.
Government causes people to live in fear
He said that due to the government’s policies, people are living in fear in the country. The report also condemned the government for depriving 222 dissidents of their nationality after they were flown to the United States last month.
The group said it sent twelve letters to the Nicaraguan government since it started working a year ago but has not received a response.
