Of the countries selected for their own annual human rights assessment by the U.S. State Department, Nicaragua merited special attention in 2022, with a 43-page report compared with, for example ...

A panel of U_N_-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua's government of committing "serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity." ...

A panel of United Nations experts on Wednesday warned that the Nicaraguan government has dismantled the last remaining checks and balances and was "systematically executing a strategy to cement ...

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO because of the awarding of a prize celebrating ... Nicaragua was one of 194 member states in the United Nations agency, ...

Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by ...

Nicaragua released and expelled to the United States 222 detained members of Nicaragua's opposition, stripping them of their citizenship, in a surprise move by the Central American country's ...

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country ...

An international development bank provided hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the Nicaraguan government, even as the United Nations and human rights groups documented widespread killing ...

Nicaragua has revoked the registration of 1,500 non-profit organizations, ... In June, the United Nations expressed “grave concern” over the human rights situation in Nicaragua.

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at ...