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May 12, 2021
Madame Chair, Mr. Secretary General: We thank the Secretary General and the IACHR for their reports. It is unfortunate to hear how things have not improved in the country despite growing international concern.
The OAS and OAS Member States have been patient in waiting for the Ortega regime to meet its basic commitments under the Inter-American Democratic Charter – and under the OAS resolution adopted by the OAS General Assembly in October 2020.
This organization has urged the Government of Nicaragua to pursue good faith dialogue with opposition leaders, to restore full respect for human rights, and independence to the country’s democratic institutions. We named a High-Level Commission to seek solutions, which the regime never received, and have also urged the Secretary General and his team to pursue constructive engagement.
UN Rapporteur Calls on Ortega to Allow Peaceful Assembly Police patrol vehicles with riot police keep a watch on the entrances of the Nicaraguan Engineering University and the University of Central America in Managua. Photo: Carlos Herrera. Police patrol vehicles with riot police keep a watch on the entrances of the Nicaraguan Engineering University and the University of Central America in Managua. Photo: Carlos Herrera.
UN rapporteur and Inter-American Commission for Human Rights warn of the negative impact of restrictions on Nicaraguans’ political rights
5 mayo, 2021
Clement Voule of the UN called on the Ortega regime to “fully guarantee the right to peaceful assembly.” Voule is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association. His call comes during the run-up to the call for general elections in Nicaragua. For two and a half years, the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has prohibited all types of op